Pastor Mark Jeske
Pastor Mark Jeske brought the good news of Jesus Christ to viewers of Time of Grace for 18 years. He is currently the senior pastor at St. Marcus Church, a thriving multicultural congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mark is the author of several books and dozens of devotional booklets on various topics. He and his wife, Carol, have four adult children.
All believers have a priestly ministry
For a long time there has been some confusion around the word ministry. It is generally reserved to describe the job that pastors have….
Evidence of the Spirit: Kindness
It’s not so hard to be nice to the nice. It’s not so hard to dish back at people who give you guff. It’s…
Counterculture
When you talk to baby boomers about their high school and college days, they may get a dreamy look in their eyes as they…
Faith and obedience are good for business
There is a sad cynicism in our land that the entire world of work is rigged, that only privileged insiders profit, that hard work…
“Sacrament”: Not in the Bible?
Thanks to the capital of California everybody knows this word, though it’s not found in the Bible. But it is another example of valuable…
God’s judgment timetable
One of the sad features of our broken lives on a broken planet is that justice is often murky and delayed and sometimes seems…
I know I’m right
I hope you and I never get into an argument. I’m pretty stubborn, and even when seeming to yield, I’m probably just pretending to…
Everything’s somebody else’s fault
Perhaps you’ve heard of conspiracy theorists. There are networks of suspicious people who believe, for instance, that a secret cabal of world masters is…
I’m afraid
You know, it’s one thing to say you’re not afraid of death when you’re feeling perfectly healthy, when you actually fully expect to live…
Evidence of the Spirit: Forbearance
What a blessing it is to live so deep into the 21st century! The internet, search engines, apps, and the cloud all make it…
Degrees of punishment
Not everyone believes that there will be a judgment day. Their disbelief will not make it disappear, of course. That day will come without…
Only sleeping
Near the top of the most miserable of all human experiences is to suffer the death of a child. Every parent I know would…