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Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Always honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully will inspire you in your faith walk, the deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of His very real presence in your life.

Well, we're working our way through the Gospel of Mark this Lenten season.

We've invited University Northwestern Professor Dr. Randy Nelson back to the show to help us unpack

and explore the Gospel of Mark.

So, if you've got your Bible handy, open it up to the gospel of Mark. We're going to dig in

just a moment. Quick announcement. Just want you to know, I say this off and on, just a great reminder.

We are a listener-supported ministry, and we could not do what we do without you. And I just want to

pause and say, thank you. Thank you for your prayerful support, for your financial support, for your encouraging texts. You know, the times they are a change in, aren't they?

Very much. And the gospel, the world needs Jesus, and the gospel is the hope of the earth.

And yet this message is being opposed more and more by a secular society.

So more important than ever it feels is that we need to be proclaiming Jesus,

teaching his word right out of scripture, right?

Not cherry picking our theology, but really believing that the Bible is the inerrant word of God

and what God says goes.

We couldn't do that without you. Just would you continue to pray for us

for vision, for wisdom, for courage, conviction? And we just want to say thank you for supporting us.

And if you've never financially supported us, no condemnation, but it is an invitation. Would you

consider, prayerfully consider partnering with us? Because greater things are yet to be done in this

city. All right, let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on the show. Dr. Randy Nelson has

been teaching at University of Northwestern for 18 years. He's a licensed minister with pastoral

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