The Book of Mark: “Encountering the Miracles and Mission of Jesus Christ”
The Book of Mark: “Encountering the Miracles and Mission of Jesus Christ” Opening Illustration: Good morning brothers and sisters. Welcome to Eastern Shore Baptist Church. Thank you for worshipping with us this morning. I have a question for you this morning. When is the last time someone showed you compassion? Real compassion? Maybe you said something untrue about another person, maybe a friend, and that person forgave you. Could it have been that you took something, stole something, and the person that you wronged forgave you. Maybe you hurt someone’s feelings. Could it have been that you said something off hand, maybe not even meaning to have hurt that person? That friend that you wronged gave you another chance. They literally forgave and forgot. That sort of compassion is rare these days. That sort of unmerited and amazing grace is just not seen in our world often. The other day, I found a unique definition of the word “compassion”. I read it in a book entitled “Wishful T