Mark 9:23-24

²³“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”g

²⁴The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”h

Mark 9 is a hinge chapter in the Gospel, moving from the dazzling revelation of Jesus’ divine glory on the mountain of transfiguration to the gritty reality of human brokenness at its base. The chapter confronts the disciples’ failure to cast out a demon, Jesus’ second prediction of