Scott Carr, Jr.Feb 23, 20214 min readLent with HopeI remember my first Lent and just how long 40 days seemed to be. Each day dragged on. Fasting from social media freed my schedule from...
Scott Carr, Jr.May 21, 20195 min readThe Biblical Vision of SexualityThe biblical story begins with God’s act of creation. At the start, God creates humanity in His image: “So God created mankind in his...
Scott Carr, Jr.Nov 15, 20172 min readMark's Apology for the Cross in 21st-Century MinistryI find the thesis that Mark’s Gospel functions primarily as an apology for the cross convincing. Mark’s narrative is marked by...
Scott Carr, Jr.Nov 15, 20172 min readMark 5:21-43The pericope of Mark 5:21-43 is a typical “Markan sandwich” in which Mark places one narrative inside another, leading the reader to...
Scott Carr, Jr.Nov 15, 20172 min readExegesis of Mark 10:43-45οὐχ οὕτως δέ ἐστιν ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλ’ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ μέγας γενέσθαι ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται...
Scott Carr, Jr.Nov 15, 20172 min readDiscipleship in St. MarkChed Myers reads the Gospel of St. Mark as centered on “the contradiction of the cross-life given, not taken-representing the only power...