<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Mark, my words: Deny another&nbsp;day]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/mark-my-words-deny-another-day/bondlaserbits/" rel="attachment wp-att-5046"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="5046" data-permalink="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/mark-my-words-deny-another-day/bondlaserbits/" data-orig-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg" data-orig-size="290,173" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="bondlaserbits" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg?w=290" data-large-file="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg?w=290" class="size-full wp-image-5046 alignright" alt="bondlaserbits" src="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg?w=290&#038;h=173" width="290" height="173" srcset="https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg 290w, https://brettfish.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bondlaserbits.jpg?w=150&amp;h=89 150w" sizes="(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px" /></a>&#8220;Do you expect me to talk?&#8221; [asks Sean Connery&#8217;s James Bond to the villain Goldfinger in the movie of the same name, as he lies strapped to an operating table with a gold laser beam heading menacingly towards his privates]</p>
<p>&#8220;No, Mister Bond, I expect you to die.&#8221;</p>
<p>A classic Bond moment, and a similar statement is being made in today&#8217;s Mark passage.</p>
<p>Except this time, it is no Bond villain, but our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is calling us to do the same.</p>
<p>Can this be?</p>
<p>Join me as I take a look at Mark 8.27-38</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/mark-my-words-figuring-out-the-trance"><strong>[For the next passage in Mark on Figuring out the Trance, click here]</strong></a></p>
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