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Episode 1 | Introduction & Mark 1-14

March 04, 2023 Andy Schultz & Brian Dennert Season 1 Episode 1
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Episode 1 | Introduction & Mark 1-14
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Episode 1 | Introduction & Mark 1-14
The four-year Bible reading journey begins!

  1. Introduction to Cover To Cover
    • Reading the Bible with the SOAPS method
  2. Overview of the Gospel of Mark
  3. Specific Moments from Mark 1-14

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Andy Schultz:

This is the cover to cover podcast, informative and enlightening conversation. Best paired with the cover to cover four year Bible reading schedule. For more information about cover, to cover, to sign up for text or email devotions or to simply just read the Bible along with us. Go to cover to cover fc.org. Thank you for joining us in this podcast. My name is Andy Schultz. I'm the online ministry coordinator here at Faith Church, and I'm joined as always by Dr. Brian Dennert, the pastoral theologian here. Brian, it is so great to have you.

Brian Dennert:

It's great to be here and to be part of this endeavor.

Andy Schultz:

Well, we're going to journey for four years together, so get comfortable. I hope you brought some snacks.

Brian Dennert:

I'll be here the whole time. How about.

Andy Schultz:

So, of course, as, as I mentioned, this coincides, uh, with a four year Bible reading plan. So just as we're getting started, we wanna make sure that you're signed up for it. You can find out more information covertocoverfc.org. We also know that people will be joining us, at, different times, uh, as we go, but this does start in March of 2023. But wherever you join us, we're glad that you're a part of. So, you know, cycle all the way through the end and then kick, you know, join us again next time around. But those signups are happening right now around at least Faith Church and elsewhere. So sign up at coveragecoverfc.org. Now what is this? This is a podcast, of course. Are we going to be preaching sermons here? No, we are not preaching sermons. We're not gonna get into deep exegesis here. We are not doing devotionals. This is not a daily devotional. The four year. Uh, Bible Reading Plan, known as coverage to cover. That's where you're gonna get that. If you sign up for that, you'll get a daily text, a daily email that will have one chapter of the Bible, six days per week, Sunday excluded. And with that, you will also get a daily devotional. And so we believe that if you do that, you can slowly, of course, over a. Four year period, take in the entirety of scripture, which we're very excited about, and we're kicking off a new cycle here in 2023. So that's the goal of this. This is an accompanying piece that will coincide with your reading. And so there will be some background here. We're gonna talk about that a little bit later as we kick off the plan. There will be some context for each book as we go along. We're gonna highlight some important items along the way. Now, some we're gonna talk about on this podcast. And we're only releasing this a couple of times per month, so you're getting 12 chapters every time you hear us one time. So we're gonna have a lot to cover. Does that mean that we think some things are more important than others? Probably not, right? We believe that God is speaking through all of the text, but because we are just having a short amount of time with you here in this, Podcast, we are gonna lift up some of those things, um, that are important because there's nothing in scripture that's there by accident, but we're gonna try to find some of those confusing things. And Brian, that's why you're here to kind of unpack some of those things with us.

Brian Dennert:

Well, I'll do my very best. And, and maybe just one other insight is yeah, we're not gonna be able to cover every question you might have or every detail, but part of the goal is to get you going deeper, knowing that you will spend the rest of your life digging deeper. I've read through now the Bible many times through, and each time I'm finding new things. So you'll find new things. So not everything will be covered, but if you do it again, you'll find new things as well.

Andy Schultz:

Absolutely. And we know there's a lot of, uh, traditions that are tied to different translations of scripture. I will tell you that the, that the cover to cover fc.org, the official translation of that plan will be the Christian Standard Bible, which is new for us here at Faith Church, specifically in 2023. Uh, but we'll also in for conversation purposes, use the esv, the English Standard version kind of as we go along, so we're not limiting to these. Just, you know, we don't believe these are the only two appropriate translations, but. The purposes of this podcast, we will use those two. Now, is there a best way? To read scripture, there really is not a best way to do it. But here's kind of what we're gonna recommend as we go along and journey for the next four years together. Uh, we recommend, and this is an acronym, soaps, s o a p s. We believe that the first s uh, to make this really the best experience possible, repeat to study, to maybe as you read along, to underline or highlight key words and phrases in your Bible. Now, Brian, now that's a little scary because the Bible looks. you know, it looks so official, like I shouldn't mark, I shouldn't mark it up and highlight it and put my put pen in it. But you can really see some things kind of come to life as you take notes.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, I mean the, the, the words of scripture are, are holy, but the, the printing version of it, you know, you feel free to underline cuz the goal is to get the word into you not have the word beyond the page. And that when you underline things like that, you. You think about those deeper. So feel free to do so. In fact, we encourage you to, to take advantage of those opportunities, to dig deeper by highlighting underlying whatever that might look like.

Andy Schultz:

So God won't be upset if I write in my Bible

Brian Dennert:

If he, he'd be upset me if that's the case. Cause I have some of those underlying as well.

Andy Schultz:

So study is the S is the essence soaps observe, right? What is the big idea or the main point that God is trying to communicate to me through that passage today? And that's one question you can kind of ask yourself. Throughout the day, yes, the devotional will point you maybe one direction, but you can soak in that throughout the day as well. So you've got study, observe, uh, in soaps. Apply is the A, what is the passage teaching me to do? Right or to obey in God's word. Maybe asking yourself, how can I seek to learn and live the truth from God's word as I apply? So we have study, observe, apply. What's the P? It's pray. Mm-hmm., right? Pray for God's strength and provision to live out his. In his word. And then finally, s and this is one thing that I think we can really see, uh, some power in, and that is to share to, to end soaps, share. Who can I share this with over the next 24 hours? Brian, you've probably seen that in your own life, where God speaks to you something very specific that day through his word, and then you can't wait to tell someone else about it.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah. And just the recognition that the Bible is, is for me, but often the way I also grow more into it is by, by sharing it with others. And so, yeah, first and foremost, say what's God saying to. But don't let stay with you. The goal is to get it out, to get it out to others. Um, so take that and say maybe there's someone else that needs to hear this. And in the past few years or past few months, I've been posting, you know, bible verse that stick out to me on, on Facebook and is seeing it encourages other people saying, oh yeah, I needed that verse today. Or just swapping with someone's amazing how often they say, I need to hear that. So maybe God's speaking to someone else's speaking to someone else through speaking to you that day as you read God.

Andy Schultz:

Perfect. Well, I am excited for this and we've got a lot to get to as we kick off cover to cover. So let's get it started. As we read scripture together, one of the ways that this podcast will be able to supplement along the. It's preparation. When each new episode is released twice monthly, we'll be preparing you for what's ahead. That means we'll cover the background information leading up to a book that is upcoming since the first book in the coverage to cover four year reading schedule is Mark. Let's start there. Brian. There are four gospels, Matthew, mark, Luke, and John. All document the earthly ministry, the life of Jesus. So let's start with an overall conversation about why there might be four separate books that seeming. Cover a lot of the same historical narrative.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah. And that's, uh, it's a, something I'm very passionate about. I love the fact that there are four gospels in the Bible that get the story of Jesus told in four different perspectives. And likely that's happening because there's probably, um, so different audiences and different, different authors, right, to different audiences. So they're each gonna highlight different things in the same way, um, that we're talking about things differently maybe on this podcast for the audience we have versus. What we might say in a sermon versus we're saying the same study, the same book, or the same details, but presenting them in different ways. And so what's likely happening is Matthew, mark, Luke, and John are all writing in different times in different places, drawing on the eyewitness testimony. It's all true story, all with the same overarching narrative. Things don't change and shift, but they're gonna highlight different details for different people. And what I love about that is this reminder. The story of Jesus encounters people in different ways, uh, that different people in different situations will hear the same story and they'll apply it differently to their lives because of their circumstances. And so I think the fact that we have these four, I mean, they could just said one gospel. God gives one story of Jesus. That's the way you see the stories of Abraham. And, and for the most part, Moses and the others is one story, but Jesus. Because it's so important. It's highlighted in four ways to connect with so many different people in different categories.

Andy Schultz:

So we'll talk about the Gospel of Mark specifically. So what is this all about? Well, mark is of course the actions and the teachings of Jesus. It's a gospel narrative. You know, type of book. And so of course we're gonna talk about different genres of books within the Bible. We're reading about exactly what Jesus did, how he healed, and what he taught, and what he said along the way. And of course, that he was, um, you know, crucified and resurrected. That's covered in there. But you know, for example, the, the birth narrative. That we read right around Christmas time. That's only covered in Luke, not here in Mark. So Mark picks up right away kind of right into it. It's, it's fast, it's quick. There's a lot going on. Right, right. Early on.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah. I always like to compare the gospel mark as kinda like an action movie. It just jumps right in. There's not a lot of backstory. Just boom happens right in there. And the, these gospels that I think the best way to view them is their ancient biograph. Which is different than contemporary biographies. Contemporary biographies. You wanna know what was their childhood like, how did they grow up and what was their family like? Ancient biographies didn't do that. They focused on the public ministry, the public life. So it's really what you see in the Gospel of Luke. I mean, gospel of Mark, especially is the public life of Jesus. He's moving there, so it's in line. So even the way it's written, it is historical. But not in the way that we write history today. It's writing in accordance with the way people write history in the, in the ancient times.

Andy Schultz:

So when we look at the name Mark, we don't read about a mark in the gospel. This is not someone that was right next to Jesus writing everything down as, who is Mark? We, we believe Mark is someone that's maybe writing on Peter's behalf in Rome. Is that correct?

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, so most likely it's, it's John Mark that's been the person who's been attributed to this gospel through all based all of church history. Nowhere in the gospel itself. Is there a title? Technically anonymous, but again, tradition is really universal. On John Mark, who was a companion of Paul for a time, you actually will find him in the book of acts in different places, uh, but has been most closely aligned with Peter, probably writing with Peter, maybe kind of taking his, his memoir wires, if you will. So it's almost Peter through Mark. That's where he is getting the testimony, but Mark's the one putting pen to paper.

Andy Schultz:

And then the specific audience in this case, mark I, this is what I've read, and maybe you can speak to this more specifically, geared at Gentile Christians, right? We'll talk about this as we kind of go along in the story really for all, for four years really, as we read scripture, right? But Gentile Christians, these are the non-Jewish, newly converted Christians that are now learning about this, maybe this Jewish history. Without that kind of background, we see that illustrated throughout Mark, that maybe they are the intended.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, and, and most of, I thought that maybe it's written to particularly Gentile Christians who are maybe in the Roman area or in Rome who might be suffering for their faith. That kind of back backdrop. But there's all these little details. Mark will explain some details that other, uh, other evangelists, other gospel writers might not explain because their Jewish audience might understand these, but he'll kind of unpack those things to a fair degree or put things maybe in a Roman context or Roman. Um, for the audience,

Andy Schultz:

I noticed as I was preparing for the podcast, this stuck out to me. Uh, mark chapter seven, I feel like a perfect example of maybe explaining things for a gentile audience. Uh, right at the beginning of Mark seven, it says, in the CSB, uh, translation, it says the Pharisees in some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him. That's Jesus. Of course, they observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean. That is unwashed hands. So it has to kind of unpack that here, and it continues on in verse three, and it's actually in parentheses in the text that we have. It says, for the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremony of washing, keeping the tradition of the elders, and it kind of goes on and on there. Yeah. Kind of explain what that's all about. Is that sort of the, the theme? Right. So in this case, the Gentile.

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, and that's one of the reasons I like to start with the gospel of Mark. That's why we're starting this cover to cover plan is you don't, he doesn't assume as much background knowledge, maybe as, as a Jewish gospel, like Matthew might assume that Mark's gonna explain some of those details. So you can jump in, uh, and kind of come right off the bat and it's very action-packed and really sets the framework. If you will, when you read Mark and you know the Mark's story, then when you read Matthew and Luke, you see new things emerge. So I like how Mark establishes his baseline and maybe has a little bit, um, most of us reading the, the gospel or mean gentiles. So to, to have that backdrop, those things explain, makes it a little bit more accessible to us to start this journey. Into the Bible and ultimately this journey to meet and follow Jesus in new ways.

Andy Schultz:

And then, and then finally, as we prepare, uh, to read the gospel of Mark, is there any sort of overarching theme here? I, I know I, I read in the ESV study Bible, which is produced by Crossway, it says that this May was intended to present and defend Jesus's universal call to discipleship. Is that sort of a theme that we see?

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, I mean, one of the things that, that Mark will emphasize, and you'll see Jesus talking on multiple occasions about his suffering and then the, this call to follow him. And so if we follow Jesus, what do we follow him into? We follow him into suffering. Um, so we might have to suffer for our faith on his behalf and not to be afraid of that. So really, I think that is in the backdrop of this call to follow Jesus and follow him. Not just in the good times, but you'll see that the challenge of Jesus to, to follow him, uh, and to know that ultimately he is victorious. So we follow Him to the cross, but we also follow Him to the empty tomb and have that hope.

Andy Schultz:

That's great. Well, there's an overview now of the Gospel of Mark, and we're gonna dig in a little bit more now to some specifics here in just a moment. As we want to guide you through the scripture in the cover to cover plan, our mission is not to hit everything along the way. We know the daily discipline of reading scripture will allow God to speak to you through it. So we won't go chapter by chapter or verse by verse often in our discussion. Rather, we wanna highlight some things to notice along the way, maybe some challenging or hard to understand passages, just things that struck us that were really interesting. So, Brian, I, I. Bring this one up first. We were talking about it a little bit before. Uh, in Mark chapter eight, there is a healing of a blind man. Uh, it says this in verse 22. It says, they came to Bethesda. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village, spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on them. He asked him, do you see anything?. He looked up and said, I see people. They look like trees walking. Again, jesus placed His hands on the man's eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. Then He sent him home saying, don't even go into the village. Now. That's a healing. Like we've seen many others in the gospel of Mark. There's something different about that one. What is it?

Brian Dennert:

Yeah. Often when you read this story, the first thing that stands out, Says that Jesus spit on his eyes and and did that. And that's, that's weird. That's the weird thing. And there is the element. Jesus doesn't just speak it into happening like you see other occasions. Now that was a common way that miracles should be done, but I think the more striking thing when you think about this is this two phase elements that Jesus heals him. But first is his eyesight's. Not 2020, it's 20/200. Still. He can now he can. Things, but he doesn't quite see clearly yet. And then Jesus comes, and now he sees clearly after that second element why two phases is Jesus's power didn't you know, dwindling as the, the story goes is why is he not able? Cause obviously we, he Jesus, he could he bring the whole healing. And I think what this is doing is it's setting up basically this overarching frame of the gospel of Mark that you see the disciples. They get who Jesus is, but not really. Throughout. They see him doing these miracles, they're saying, but they're con constantly asking, who is this man? What kind of man is this? And even in the next moment, the very next story after the healing of the blind man is Peter confessing that Jesus, you are the Christ. I mean, Says, who do you think I am? He says, you are the Christ. But there Peter's conception of who Jesus is, is this conquering Messiah, who's going to, to come and go, you know, go to Jerusalem and throughout the Romans, and that's not the Messiah who Jesus is. He's the one to go suffering. And so the next few chapters was Jesus. Two. He tells 'em again and again and again that I will. And that greatness is found not by having people serve you, but by serving others. And so what's going on is the disciples can see Jesus. But like that blind man, they only see him kind of, and now he's instructing them. So they see him more clearly of who he really is. And what's interesting is the last, kinda the last miracle before Jesus goes into Jerusalem is what another healing. Of another blind man. Mm-hmm., there are kinda these bookends between Jesus teaching on his suffering. And so I think this picture of the, the two stage healing is, is a picture of the two stage, you know, view of Jesus that disciples have. And then we probably have as well, this, you know, Throughout the gospel, mark, you see the disciples, they don't get it. Which is reassuring cuz I often don't get it . I'm still growing and learning. I think, I think we all are. So we, we kind of feel like those disciples and that Jesus is patient and continues to bring the, the healing touch to our lives.

Andy Schultz:

Yeah. And there's that moment in Mark 10 where, and there's a couple of times where it's pointed out that the disciples are arguing amongst themselves. Right. A couple times where Jesus says, I know what you're talking about. I know what you're, you know, and then in Mark 10 it, it almo, it's again, they don't get it right. Yeah. They say, Uh, who will sit at your right and your left when basically when you become this great political ruler. Yeah. You know, and he is like, I can almost picture him just kind of scratching and says like, you guys just aren't getting it. Yeah. You aren't getting it. What does he say? Right. The son of man came not to be served, but to serve. Just an amazing picture and I, and I wonder what you think about this. Is there some significance? Maybe then as you zoom out in the greater life of Jesus, because his earliest ministry seems, and the way it's at least documented, at least documented here in Mark, is healing. Healing, healing, miracle, healing, healing. Before he gets to really. Saying some of those challenging things that we know, you know, maybe some redirecting of, of old thoughts. Maybe that's a little bit later, but it always leads with that healing.

Brian Dennert:

Yep. Well, it kinda opens the door in some things, but you think even those healings that we see Jesus do, they're not just really to gather a crowd. What they're doing is really picturing what Jesus is doing, which is restoring. I mean, the miracles that Jesus has performs, especially in Mark, are taking what's broken and bringing restoration. So for example, this blind. we are made to see. He can't see. So what Jesus is doing is he's restoring the world. He's transforming it in this picture that the kingdom of God's at hand. Because what he's doing is to restore God's kingdom, to cast out evil, to throw out these demons. Demons have come into this world, evils in this world. He's throwing those out, bringing it back, and to order, and then inviting us to follow him in light of what he has done, even because of what Jesus does not. What we do.

Andy Schultz:

That's good. Now, there's a story that we often associate with Jesus, a miracle where he feeds a crowd of 5,000. Yeah. All right. And that's a pretty typical story if you've grown up in the church. Yeah. In Sunday school you've probably heard that story. But we see in the gospel of Mark two separate occasions with a feeding of people of numbers in the thousands. Mark chapter six, a feeding of 5,000. Mark chapter eight, a feeding of 4,000. These are separate events. What's the significance?

Brian Dennert:

Yeah, and then some, something that has, you know, baffled me for a time of why record the same miracle, especially that the second miracle seems less, um, less exciting than the first one. So the first miracle's 5,000, the second miracle's 4,000, the, the first miracle, there's five loaves and two fish. To feed 5,000 people and the second miracle is seven loaves to feed 4,000 people. So Jesus is actually doing less. The second time around, you'd think it would go up, not down. Why include that? And even the, the leftovers, it's, oh, it's amazing. Why are there leftovers? I mean, did Jesus not know how many people were coming and you know, like he, it's, well, the first thing, there's 12 baskets of leftovers, so there's actually more baskets of leftover than there was to begin with. The second time that the feeling of the 4,000, there's seven baskets leftover. It's just a more efficient production there. And so this is where a little bit of the background of geography goes on. What's probably going on is, is the feeding of the 5,000 is happening in Jewish territory, and you see Jesus as the good shepherd to the Jewish people feeding. And just to the background, 5,000, there's five books of the law, the first five books of the Bible. 12 in the Bible is always going back to the 12 tribes of Israel. That's why there's 12 disciples to show Jesus is calling a new tribe, a new people. And then there's these, these five loaves, 12. But then what's interesting is the feeding of the 4,000, 4,000 was a number in associated with Gentiles or the whole world, the four corners of the earth. Um, seven was a number associated with the Gentiles 7 nations. And so what's probably going on and when you see where Jesus is at, when that 4,000 Miracle occurs is he's in Gentile territory. He's ministered on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. So what's probably going on is five thousands for the Jews, four thousands for the Gentiles, it's, it's not showing that Jesus feeds less Gentiles than Jews, more showing that he does both, which to the Israelite mindset is he's here for the Jews, he's here for us, but he's also. To bring the Gentiles in what he does for the, he's replicating that miracle and feeding the other side. So I, that's why I think those stories are showing a greater compassion. It's not the number of people, but the kind of people that Jesus is reaching out to. He's crossing the barriers and showing that he is the messiah. For Gentiles. He is a messiah for all the nations as God had promised.

Andy Schultz:

Now see that insight right there? That's why people tune into this podcast, because I'm not gonna get that from just straight reading it down. So that was great. Yeah, no, that's good work. Uh, as, as I was preparing for this, uh, another, another verse that just stuck out to me, and I think everyone is gonna have their own experience, right? The Lord is gonna speak to everybody, you know, uniquely as they kind of go through these. But in Mark chapter seven, uh, Jesus is sp speaking specifically to the Pharisees. and he's answering them, you know, they're challenging him as they do often here in, you know, in the, the gospels. But, uh, it says he answered them and he's, and he, this is what he says. He says, Isaiah prophesied correctly about you, hypocrites, as it is written. And this is what he says from Isaiah. This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. They worship me in vain teaching as doctrines, human commands. And, and this sticks out to me a bit because I work in church ministry, I think a lot about, you know, philosophically about church and gathering and all these things. I'm like, what are, what is it we do? What is the whole point to all this? And I do wonder sometimes, and I think we all have to reconcile this and wonder, is Jesus speaking to me? Are there things in my life that I have made that are man-made rules, man-made commands, you know, that I am worshiping and follow. As opposed to maybe just being obedient to what I'm reading here in the text. I don't know. Does that to you?

Brian Dennert:

I think that's exactly, we need to keep on asking ourselves. I think all of us, as Christians should ask ourselves is what? What are we elevating, What are we putting up that we're really missing the point? And it's so easy to do and you see throughout the history of God's people doing that. And I think if you look at your own life, all of our lives, we see ourselves doing that. You know, to keep the main thing, the main thing of who is the. That has come for us, Jesus. And can he speak back into our hearts? Yeah. So I think that, I think you're reading that rightly, and, and that's a challenge for all of us to, to encounter ourselves.

Andy Schultz:

And so it's a, it's a again, kind of that balance, like you talked about, between Jewish audience and gentile audience that speaks more to the Jewish audience as to say you have this law of Moses, you have these rules, you have these things that you're following, um, that maybe I want to help, you know, sort of redefine. Focus on. Uh, but yet the gentile in me hears that and just says, you know, again, what have I created that's completely outside of what God has intended that I'm now worshiping too? So there's, there's a lot of great stuff in here and I've really appreciated, you know, the time to study. What, what else, Brian, is there anything else that stands out to you? Again, it's all rich. There's so much good stuff.

Brian Dennert:

One of my favorite sections in the gospel of market. So the first, you know, first few chapters, um, really first eight chapters. You see a lot of these miracles. You see one, one chapter of teaching, of parables. Um, but I, I love. Kind of going from that blind man healing that we talked about to the, the other blind man healing mark eight to 10. That is, I've heard some call it the hard sayings of Jesus and throughout there there are so many challenging statements. So I like, I love to spend some time there and be challenged. So I love how that stands out. Again, it's after we receive Jesus is, he invites us and now he challenges us to follow him and to truly follow him on the way before he goes to, to suffer. And that we're now following him through his suffering. So I love that element as well as just the, the action packed. Nature of this gospel that can gets, gets you going. I'd love to have a person, first Gospel, who reads a read mark. You'll see the, the story of Jesus and he'll be on the move. I always say, Jesus is in the boat, going back and forth across the lake, doing miracles, and you see who he is, um, firsthand in this eyewitness account.

Andy Schultz:

That's great. Well, Brian, I, this has been great. I really appreciate it. This is just one episode of many that are upcoming. So as you're reading along with the cover to cover schedule, uh, that means of course you're reading, as you've probably gathered from the Gospel of Mark, we've tried to give you some background, uh, some details, some insight on some specific passages. So Brian is always Thank you for sharing. Yeah, you're welcome. You are truly, uh, a wealth of knowledge, but really, and I mean this sincerely, an equally great guy to work with behind the scenes. And to to walk within this journey, and I really just appreciate you. So thank you for your time and for your passion.

Brian Dennert:

I'm excited to be along with the journey.

Andy Schultz:

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Introduction
Overview & Context | Gospel of Mark
Discussion | Mark 1-14
Cover To Cover: Information & Credits