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Mark 2 Bible Study – Jesus’ Authority, Compassion & the Sabbath | Apprenticeship to Jesus Podcast

Article  |  October 24th, 2025
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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Join Nick Oyler for Week 2 of An Apprenticeship to Jesus: Gospel of Mark Study. Explore Mark 2, where Jesus heals a paralytic, forgives sins, calls Levi, teaches about new wine, and reveals the Sabbath’s true purpose. Includes discussion questions and spiritual exercises for your week.

An Apprenticeship to Jesus: Gospel of Mark Bible Study – Mark 1

Article  |  October 19th, 2025
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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Join our Gospel of Mark Bible study podcast. Explore discipleship, Jesus’ miracles, and the Holy Spirit in Mark 1 with questions and weekly exercises.

Episode 181: Luke Chapter 13

Episode  |  June 27th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  6 mins 20 secs

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Jesus saw people, had concern for them and changed their story regardless of what was going on around him. The religious leaders, on the other hand were more concerned with keeping the rules than seeing the needs of people. If there is one thing that we can learn from Jesus here is that he has a genuine concern for people and their needs over the rules for the day.

Episode 180: Luke Chapter 12

Episode  |  June 24th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 34 secs

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We all wear some sort of mask that makes us look like what we think the people we are around at the time want us to look. However, Jesus challenges us to be real and take off our masks and be who we say we are.

Luke Chapter 11

Article  |  June 23rd, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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We don’t talk a lot about spiritual warfare, because if we can’t see it our touch it , we can’t understand it and if we can’t understand it, we dismiss it as not real. However, the more we hang out with Jesus, we realize that spiritual warfare is real and we need to be on guard against the spiritual forces that want to torment us. Jesus said that this is war and we need to choose our side and guard his word with our lives.

Luke Chapter 10

Article  |  June 23rd, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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What do you get worked up over? So many times, it’s the little stuff of life and we miss out on what Jesus wants us to focus on. I was reminded that before Jesus sent the disciples out to bring in the harvest, Jesus tells them to pray for harvest hands to get the message out about the Gospel. Before we get all worked up, we need to get on our knees and pray.

Episode 179: Luke Chapter 11

Episode  |  June 23rd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 31 secs

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We don’t talk a lot about spiritual warfare, because if we can’t see it our touch it , we can’t understand it and if we can’t understand it, we dismiss it as not real. However, the more we hang out with Jesus, we realize that spiritual warfare is real and we need to be on guard against the spiritual forces that want to torment us. Jesus said that this is war and we need to choose our side and guard his word with our lives.

Episode 178: Luke Chapter 10

Episode  |  June 22nd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  6 mins 45 secs

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What do you get worked up over? So many times, it’s the little stuff of life and we miss out on what Jesus wants us to focus on. I was reminded that before Jesus sent the disciples out to bring in the harvest, Jesus tells them to pray for harvest hands to get the message out about the Gospel. Before we get all worked up, we need to get on our knees and pray.

Luke Chapter 9

Article  |  June 21st, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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Who is in the driver’s seat of your life? If we are going to follow Jesus, we have to get out of the driver’s seat and let him drive without being a backseat driver. That means that we let him take us where he wants and to enjoy the scenery. This is way easier said than done, but it is what Jesus is asking of us, so will we let him drive?

Episode 177: Luke Chapter 9

Episode  |  June 21st, 2022  |  Season 2  |  10 mins 7 secs

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Who is in the driver’s seat of your life? If we are going to follow Jesus, we have to get out of the driver’s seat and let him drive without being a backseat driver. That means that we let him take us where he wants and to enjoy the scenery. This is way easier said than done, but it is what Jesus is asking of us, so will we let him drive?

Luke Chapter 8

Article  |  June 20th, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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What stuck me in the chapter is that obedience is thicker than blood and how trust and obedience go hand in hand. Trust leads to obedience and we see some examples of what trust looks like and doesn’t look like. Trust looks like some women who fund his ministry and a man who is relieved of demon possession and obeys Jesus by going home and proclaiming what Jesus had done for him. But, the disciples who had seen everything that Jesus had done didn’t trust him in the storm and began to panic. Trust and obey is the only way to live our lives for Jesus, let’s pray…

Luke Chapter 7

Article  |  June 20th, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast, I’m Nick and it is great to be with you today. I want to apologize to you for the sound of the last several podcasts. I took a new job and I am on the road for it, so I was trying out a new program and I just couldn’t get the sound that I normally do. I have also struggled with getting the podcast done and out like I did. I am trying to build a new rhythm. There is a part of me that wants to give up, but I want to at least get through the gospels a second time. Thank you for having patience with me. Now we need to get back to why we are here, to read Luke chapter 7, let’s dive in.

Episode 176: Luke Chapter 8

Episode  |  June 20th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  10 mins 14 secs

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What stuck me in the chapter is that obedience is thicker than blood and how trust and obedience go hand in hand. Trust leads to obedience and we see some examples of what trust looks like and doesn’t look like. Trust looks like some women who fund his ministry and a man who is relieved of demon possession and obeys Jesus by going home and proclaiming what Jesus had done for him. But, the disciples who had seen everything that Jesus had done didn’t trust him in the storm and began to panic. Trust and obey is the only way to live our lives for Jesus,

Episode 175: Luke Chapter 7

Episode  |  June 13th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  7 mins 48 secs

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We continue reading through the Gospels and we find ourselves in Luke chapter 7.

Luke Chapter 6

Article  |  June 9th, 2022
By Nick Oyler | Jesus Follower
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There is so much teaching in this chapter and there are some great things that will make you think and what Jesus finishes the chapter with is what struck me. We need to work the words of Jesus into our lives and it will give us a firm foundation that will stand in the storms of life. If we don’t work Jesus’ words into our lives, we will fall flat in the storms of life.
The words that I want to work into my life are from Luke 6:27–28 (The Message): “To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer for that person. Instead of getting mad and fighting back, we can respond by praying for that person, it will do much more for them than my anger.

Episode 174: Luke Chapter 6

Episode  |  June 8th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  9 mins 56 secs

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There is so much teaching in this chapter and there are some great things that will make you think and what Jesus finishes the chapter with is what struck me. We need to work the words of Jesus into our lives and it will give us a firm foundation that will stand in the storms of life. If we don’t work Jesus’ words into our lives, we will fall flat in the storms of life.
The words that I want to work into my life are from Luke 6:27–28 (The Message): “To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer for that person. Instead of getting mad and fighting back, we can respond by praying for that person, it will do much more for them than my anger.