How do we hold on to hope when it seems like the world is ending? Today, lead pastor Josh Scott kicks off a new series on the gospel of Mark by looking at the historical and political context Mark was writing in. He explains how Mark’s world must have felt like it was ending and draws encouragement from the fact that Mark still began his story with good news. He also examines the concept of a gospel and what it can teach us about how people in Mark’s time thought about Jesus. 

Episode Recap:

Today we’re beginning a new series on the gospel of Mark (0:10)
Mark was written in a time when life as people knew it was changing (1:53)
Who was Mark, and what was his gospel? (5:36)
Gospels are not biographies, they’re proclamations about who Jesus was (9:22)
Mark was living in a time of political and religious disaster (15:22)
In the midst of the world ending, Mark begins his story with good news (26:56)
We may think the world is ending, but there’s still work to do (30:44)


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