Conversation Starters

1. Read Mark 8:1-26.

2. Why do you think Mark records another miraculous feeding account in addition to the earlier one (Mark 6:30–44)? Hint: What conversation does this miracle introduce?

3. Why do you think Mark records Jesus healing this blind man in stages (i.e. not fully healed all at once)?

4. What is keeping you from seeing Jesus as he truly is? How do we follow Jesus faithfully with our limited understanding?

Title: Jesus Challenges
Reference: Mark 8:1-26
Speaker: Tom Nelson, TomN@cckc.church

Our humanity means we are more than material beings, made for fulfillment well beyond anything that the pleasures of the table can offer us.” “We need to affirm the goodness of bodily pleasure as a gift, even as we incarnate our conviction that no amount of that gift can adequately satisfy our heart’s desire for loving union with God. ~ Rebecca DeYoung, Glittering Vices

– What is my heart most seeking?

– What are my eyes really seeing?

– Where does my security truly lie?