Do the Beautiful Thing With What You Have
This Sunday, while Mat was away, Dara brought the teaching from Mark 14:1–9. And honestly, she left us with a question we’re still carrying: What's in your hand?
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This Sunday, while Mat was away, Dara brought the teaching from Mark 14:1–9. And honestly, she left us with a question we’re still carrying: What's in your hand?

Some passages comfort us. Some challenge us. And some hold up a mirror and make us ask questions we would rather avoid. This one does all three. A look at greedy church leaders and a humble widow.

Jesus had been confronting hypocrisy, of people who had turned the Temple into a marketplace. The leading priests, teachers of religious law, and elders approached Him. They wanted to know, “Who gave you the authority to..." and how does he respond?