Discussion Outlines & Video

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Week 1 (Jan. 6, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: The Gospel of Mark: An Overview​​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader​
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Week 2 (Jan. 13, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: Mark 1–3​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader
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Week 3 (Jan. 20, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: Mark 4 – 6​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader
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Week 4 (Jan. 27, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: Mark 7 – 9​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader
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Week 5 (Feb. 3, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: Mark 10 – 12​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader
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Week 6 (Feb. 10, 2021)

• Discussion Outline: Mark 13 – 16
  
• Article: Danny Yencich, "The Centurion, Son of God, and Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles: Contesting Narrative and Commemoration with Mark"​
• Video: Joshua Smith, Discussion Leader

Other Tools & Resources

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Oremus Bible Browser

This handy website allows you to search for and read biblical texts in the NRSV translation.

Click here to access.

Further Reading

A list of books on the Gospel according to Mark written for a general/lay ​audience.

Click here to download.

The Bible Project: Mark

A brief but engaging YouTube video featuring an overview of the Gospel according to Mark.
Click here to watch.

The Startling Authority of Jesus
in Mark 1:21–28

Biblical scholar and theologian Ian Paul discusses the explosive beginning to Jesus's ministry as narrated in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 1:21–28). Click here to watch.

Clip from The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

A short clip from Martin Scorcese's dramatic adaptation of The Last Temptation of Christ, by Nikos Kazantzakis. Here, Jesus (played by Willem Dafoe) begins his ministry ​by telling the Parable of the Sower. Click here to watch.