Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta
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On the cross in Mark 15:22–41, Jesus cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This episode walks through the illegal trials, the brutal crucifixion, and that agonizing question—not as a moment of divine bre...
In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus faces the darkest night of his life and finds his closest friends asleep. In this episode on Mark 14:26–42, we listen to his anguished prayer, “Remove this cup from me… yet not what I w...
In a small house in Bethany, a woman breaks open her most precious possession and pours it out on Jesus, only to be met with sharp criticism: “Why this waste?” In this episode on Mark 14:1–11, we sit with Mary of Bethany...
Jesus’ question, “Whose likeness is on this coin?”, is not mainly about taxes—it’s about authority, allegiance, and identity. In this episode on Mark 11:27–12:17, we walk through Jesus’ clash with religious leaders, his...
Jesus asks the same question twice in Mark 10—first to ambitious disciples, then to a desperate blind man: “What do you want me to do for you?” In this episode on Mark 10:32–52, we follow Jesus on the road to Jerusalem a...
When a wealthy, moral, spiritually serious young man runs up to Jesus and asks how to inherit eternal life, Jesus answers with a surprising question of his own: “Why do you call me good?” In this episode on Mark 10:17–31...
When the Pharisees test Jesus with a loaded question about divorce, he answers with one of his own: “What did Moses command?” In this episode on Mark 10:2–16, we trace Jesus’ response back to Genesis, explore why Moses e...
At the center of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus turns to his disciples and asks a question that still confronts us today: “Who do you say that I am?” In this episode on Mark 8:27–38, we explore this turning point where Peter final...
Jesus’ question to a newly healed blind man—“Do you see anything?”—comes at the end of a long stretch of people not seeing what is right in front of them. In this episode on Mark 8:11–26 (with context from Mark 7), we wa...
When Jesus asks his own disciples, “Are you so dull? Don’t you understand?” in Mark 7:1–23, he is not scolding them for bad manners—he is exposing a much deeper confusion about what makes a person clean before God. In th...
When Jesus looks at a hungry crowd in a deserted place and tells his disciples, “You give them something to eat,” it sounds impossible. In this episode on Mark 6:30–46, we listen to his question, “How many loaves do you...
When the news comes that Jairus’s little girl has died, everyone assumes the story is over—everyone except Jesus. In this episode on Mark 5:35–43, we sit with the grief in that house, hear the mourners declare that death...
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