Mark: Just the Facts
Show Notes:
"Mark: Just the Facts"
Host: Jim Hughes, Christian Life Coach
We live in a time of exectutive summaries, watching movies instead of reading books, and PowerPoint bullets. That's the way the Gospel of Mark is: brief and straight to the point. In fact, you can probably read Mark in an hour and a half -- maybe even less.
Mark makes two main points:
1. Jesus has authority. He does this in Chapters 1-8 by highlighting the teaching of Jesus and the miracles of Jesus. This section culminates in Mark 8:29 when Jesus asked Peter: "Who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah." The authority of Jesus had been established.
2. To follow Jesus means to serve. In Mark 8:34, Jesus begins to explain to his followers what it means to be a disciple: "If you want to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me." (NLT) The rest of the book focuses on how Jesus demonstrated and taught about being a servant.
My challenge to you today is to read the Gospel of Mark in one sitting and to focus on the two themes: Jesus has authority and to follow Jesus means to serve. Doing so cannot help but draw you closer to Jesus.
posted by Jim Hughes @ 8/02/2005 10:45:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Jim
I found your Pod-cast at Apple's iTunes and I really enjoy the simplicity of your message. I'm going to try to also post a pod-cast of what I've come to understand from the scriptures. I have a feeling I'm going to have to pay a service to host my pod-casts and I won't be able to rely on my free home page from my service provider's server to stream out all that data, (that is if millions decide to listen). At any rate I don't make very much money but I am willing to pay for whatever I can afford to get the message out. My first podcast is 1 hour long and is on the subject of works and faith.
In his Word
Sean Rhoades
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