Mark 1:1-8

Mark 1:1-8

Pastor Leighton introduces us to a new series through the Gospel of Mark:

“…this is how the book of Mark starts. And it’s actually really exciting. Mark is fast paced, it’s a race to the climax. He moves us from snapshot to snapshot at full gallop. Some 40 times Mark jumps to the next scene with the words and immediately as if to say Jesus never slept. In fact, Mark has Jesus sitting down to explain himself to his disciples only twice in his entire gospel...Mark drops us right into the action, there’s no birth narrative, no escape to Egypt, no preteen Jesus schooling the scholars while his parents search desperately for him, there's no background story for any of the other characters either, nothing about John the Baptist's miraculous birth. We just begin where Jesus’ ministry begins, and we end where his earthly ministry ends, and it’s an exhilarating flight.”

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