Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Mark

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Mark

Markâ€™s genius lies, not in telling a story about Jesus, but in creating conditions under which the reader may experience the peculiar quality of Godâ€™s good news. The Evangelist hurries one along breathlessly, â€œimmediately,â€ making sure that the reader lurches with the characters into one pothole after another. â€œWhat is this new teachingâ€ that consorts with the flagrantly sinful, turning the pious homicidal, intimates into strangers, and mustard seeds into â€œthe greatest of all â€¦ shrubsâ€?

Jesusâ€™ closest adherents, the Twelve, are among the most muddled. Who can blame them? They ask for an obscure parableâ€™s interpretation and receive an answer even more confounding. They are told to feed thousands with next to nothing. Their boat almost capsizes while their teacher sleeps. As they oar in rough waters, the teacher strides the waves intending to bypass them. Putting the reader in the same boat, Mark structures conversations with Jesus that make little sense, if any. The Twelve are craven, stupid, self-serving, and disobedient: meet the average Christian. Besides, â€œtheir hearts were hardened.â€ Who hardens hearts? God. Should not Godâ€™s Messiah lift the burdens of those following him? What kind of Christ heads to a cross, handing his disciples another for themselves. â€œDo you not yet understand?â€Â Â from the Introduction
Country USA
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Country	USA
Brand	Abingdon Press
Manufacturer	Abingdon Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	14954594
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780687058419
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Mark

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