On Your Mark: Reading Mark in the Shadow of the Cross

by Megan McKenna

Overview

The Gospel of Mark, as read by Megan McKenna, becomes a roadmap for Christian discipleship. As McKenna works her way through the Gospel, she opens up the meaning of the texts and demonstrates what they may have meant to the disciples and to the community that became the early church. A master storyteller, she also presents stories that reinforce the texts of the Gospel. And, for her, the crux of the matter is what this Gospel says to us today.
In the authors words, ""We must walk with the companions of Jesus, with Peter, James, John and the others, men and women like us, and listen to the Word of God in Jesus. We must let the Gospel convict us, convert us, confirm us and call us to repentance.""

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608334179
Publisher:	Orbis
Publication date:	07/28/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	604 KB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1	Reading the Gospel of Mark in the Shadow of the Cross	7
	The Beginning of the Church	7
	The Themes of Mark's Gospel	10
	The Challenge of the Way	12
2	On Your Mark: "Here Begins the Gospel ...", Mark 1	15
	John the Baptizer	17
	The Baptism of Jesus	19
	The First Call to Discipleship	22
	The First Calling	26
	The Journey Begins	29
	From Synagogue to House	32
3	Mark My Words: Callings and Conflicts, Mark 2, 3, and 4	40
	Forgiveness Offered and Given Over	43
	Giving Life and the Sabbath Law	49
	Parables and a Storm	56
	The Storm and the Sea	60
4	Making a Mark: Excursions and Expulsions, Mark 5	64
	The Gerasene Demoniac	68
	The Daughter of Jairus and the Hemorrhaging Woman	75
5	Jesus-Mark My Ways, Mark 6 and 7	83
	The Death of John	87
	Mark 6: 45-8:21	92
	The Hard-Heartedness of the Pharisees	96
	The Syrophoenician Woman	100
	The Healing of the Deaf Mute	102
6	Marked Forever, Mark 8 and 9	105
	The One Loaf	111
	Who Do You Say That I Am?	115
	The Healing of a Boy with a Demon and the Marks of Discipleship	124
	Other Teaching	127
7	Missing the Mark, Mark 10 and 11	132
	The Story of the Rich Man, or the "Undisciple" Story	140
	The Third Prediction of the Passion	144
	Blind Bartimaeus	147
	Jerusalem	149
8	Marking the Last Days, Mark 12 and 13	158
	The Widow's Mite	168
	The Temple, the End, the Signs	170
	The Great Tribulation	176
	Watch! The Fig Tree	180
9	The Passion of Jesus, Mark 14 and 15	184
	Peter's Denial and the Agony in the Garden	194
	The Garden	197
	The Arrest and Betrayal	198
	Jesus' Death by Crucifixion	204
	The Death of Jesus	209
10	The Resurrection-"Go!"	215
	Other Endings Telling of Other Appearances of Jesus	224
	Bibliography	230