WelshRev's Podcast

They gave him chains instead of a name ... a man so broken that his own family and neighbours gave up and left him among the dead. This is the true story of the Gerasene demoniac in Mark 5, and what happened when Jesus refused to just manage him. If your life, or someone you love, feels chained by habits or wreckage that keep breaking loose no matter what you try, this story says there is a rescue that actually works. Not another chain. A rescue. In person. Want to get to know this Jesus b

In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus calms a violent storm on the Sea of Galilee with two words. The point of the story isn't the weather, it's the question the disciples ask afterwards: "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" In the Old Testament, only God has authority to command the sea (Psalm 89, Psalm 107, Job 38). Mark is telling us who Jesus is by showing us what he does. How come? When Jesus calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee in Mark 4:35-41, he isn't just performing

We assume smooth water means we're doing the right thing, and a storm means we've gone wrong. Mark's Gospel suggests the opposite might sometimes be true. The disciples are crossing to the eastern shore of the lake, Gentile territory, heading straight toward one of the most disturbing encounters in the whole of Mark's Gospel: a man so broken by what has possessed him that he lives among the tombs and cannot be restrained (Mark 5:1-20). The route to that encounter goes through a storm. But the pr

A boat full of disciples starts the night afraid of a storm and ends it afraid of the man who stopped it. In this Super Short Thought, we unpack Mark 4:35-41 and the psychological shift buried in the Greek text: the flinching fear of danger, giving way to a second, deeper fear that Mark deliberately marks as something else entirely: awe. This isn't just a nature miracle story. It's a study in what happens when you meet someone who doesn't fit inside your existing categories of understanding,