Skip Heitzig: Common People with an Uncommon Task – Mark 6:7-13 

The apostles of Christ were common men. That’s God’s modus operandi (way of doing things). “God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful” (1 Corinthians 1:27). Here, as Jesus sends them out, we can see five stages for any of us who live to do God’s work.