Leave A Mark

Thanks for joining us for our study of the Gospel of Mark - Leave a Mark!

These blogs will add depth to our Sunday Teachings.

To get the most from this study:

• Read the Gospel of Mark
• Read the daily blogs
• Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you from your daily journey in the text
• Add your insights to your Journal
• Commit to attending the 10 week series

WHY STUDY THE GOSPEL OF MARK?
It is widely accepted that Mark's Gospel was the first of the gospels written and was probably used by both Matthew and Luke when they wrote their books.  It is brief, gets to the point in a hurry, has an urgency about it.  It quickly moves from scene to scene revealing snapshots of the work of Jesus.

WHY FOUR GOSPELS?
Each writer had a specific audience in mind and wrote from a particular perspective to bring various views to the same truths about Jesus Christ. 

• Matthew:
  Very logical, national, rabbinic in thinking, more Jewish in its nature. Includes the legal genealogy of Jesus.  Has birth narrative tracing Christ's lineage back to Abraham.

• Mark:
  An experiential Gospel, uses dramatic devices. Written for the young church at Rome who was being persecuted.  No genealogy, written to the Romans who were not interested in man's origin but what He does. 

• Luke:
  Very traditional, written with the universal world in mind.  The Prophet of Jesus is emphasized. Not written to Jews, or Romans but the whole human race, traces the linage back to Adam.  Shows Jesus as the Savior of all man. 

• John:
  Profound, very poetical and beautiful, imaginative, reveals the theological perspective of the Word (Logos) of God.  No birth narrative, shows the lineage beyond Abraham, beyond Adam to the Eternal Word in the beginning.  

 NOW WHAT?  Read the Gospel of Mark.