The Lamp Under a Bowl - The Light That Was Never Meant to Be Hidden

The lamp was never meant to be hidden. In this contemplative twenty-minute reflection, Micah Thompson traces Jesus's short parable of the lamp and the bushel basket through Mark 4:21-25, and lets the small story open into a larger one about the light we have been given, the measure in which we use it, and the rooms in which we finally set it down.

The parable is barely a sentence long. Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel basket, or under a bed, and not on a lampstand? Jesus says it twice, because the listener is likely to argue with it. There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed. The measure you give is the measure you get. To those who have, more will be given. The parable is small, and once it gets into a person, it does not come out.

Chapters
0:21 — Opening: Pictures That Go Past Our Defenses
1:25 — The Gospel of Mark 4:21
2:00 — The Lamp and the Basket
5:10 — Pay Attention to What You Hear
9:02 — The Quiet Tragedy of a Hidden Light
13:30 — The Mercy in the Warning
14:51 — The Invitation: To Those Who Have
16:05 — The Small Rooms Where This Plays Out
17:08 — The Kingdom Is the Room With the Lamp on the Stand

Part of the Parables Extended twenty-minute series on Jesus 24/7, voice-led by Micah Thompson.

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