Mark12:28-34 To what can I compare this scene in Mark 12? I am remembering the experience I had about 20 years ago of being examined for ordination on the floor of presbytery. It is an experience one goes into with fear and trembling. Picture this. As you, the examinee, stands in front of the gathering, they proceed to ask their questions: Where do you stand on eschatology? Would you say you’re a premillennialist? Postmillennialist? Amillenialist? Are you more a Zwinglian or a Calvinist on the matter of the eucharist? Or, heaven forbid, a Lutheran??? Do your views on God’s sovereignty and human free will conform more to a Reformed or an Arminian theology? And then one person stands up and says, “Tell us something about God’s love.” This scribe who approaches Jesus in Mark 12 is that person. This scribe knew the answer to his question before he asked Jesus, […]
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