43 min
A Beautiful Thing King's Cross Church
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- Christianity
What does Jesus say is beautiful? This week we come to a passage in Mark where Jesus uses that term - and yet the very thing he regards as beautiful, others in the room angrily criticize as wasteful. A woman anoints Jesus with a very expensive bottle of ointment. And ironically it is Jesus' own disciples who are most indignant. But Jesus comes to her defense, and even stresses that what she had done would be told throughout the world wherever the Good News of Jesus went. So what is so beautiful about what she did? And why do such 'beautiful' acts often get misinterpreted, even among Jesus' followers? Let's talk about "A Beautiful Thing" (Mark 14:1-11).
What does Jesus say is beautiful? This week we come to a passage in Mark where Jesus uses that term - and yet the very thing he regards as beautiful, others in the room angrily criticize as wasteful. A woman anoints Jesus with a very expensive bottle of ointment. And ironically it is Jesus' own disciples who are most indignant. But Jesus comes to her defense, and even stresses that what she had done would be told throughout the world wherever the Good News of Jesus went. So what is so beautiful about what she did? And why do such 'beautiful' acts often get misinterpreted, even among Jesus' followers? Let's talk about "A Beautiful Thing" (Mark 14:1-11).
43 min