Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Identify how themes support the overarching theological message of Mark’s gospel

• Relate the life and ministry of John the Baptist to Jesus the Messiah

• Understand the office of Jesus in relation to the Kingdom of God

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Background and Introduction to Mark

• Introducing Mark’s Gospel

• The Author of Mark

• Audience and Place of Writing

• Date and Occasion of Writing

• Structure

• Purpose and Main Themes

• Literary Features

• Highlighting Mark’s Use of “Immediately”

• Method and Approach

• Finding All the Geographic Places Mentioned in Mark

Unit 2: Part 1: The Authority of the Messiah—Prologue

• “The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah”

• Fulfillment of Prophecy

• John the Baptist

• Baptism and Temptation of Jesus

Unit 3: The Kingdom Authority of the Messiah

• Proclaiming the Kingdom

• Researching the Kingdom of God with the Topic Guide

• Kingdom Authority in Teaching, Healing, and Exorcism

• Healing the Leper

• Researching the “Messianic Secret”

• Forgiving Sin and the Beginning of Conflict

• Conflicts with Leaders and Jesus’ Authority

• Lord of the Sabbath

Unit 4: The Division of Israel

• Choosing the Twelve—Reconstituting Israel

• Jesus’ True Family and the Beelzebul Controversy

• Parables of the Kingdom

• Authority over Natural and Supernatural Forces

• Authority over Disease and Death

• Examining Mark’s Use of Aramaic Phrases

• Rejection by His Hometown

• Locating and Labeling the Miracles of Jesus

Unit 5: The Expanding Mission of the Messiah

• Sending Out the Twelve and Death of John the Baptist

• Feeding the 5,000 and Walking on Water

• The Question of Defilement

• Moving Outside Israel’s Borders

Unit 6: Part 2: The Suffering Servant—The Revelation of the Messiah’s Suffering

• Beginning an Introduction to Part 2 of Mark’s Gospel

• The Conclusion of an Introduction to Part 2 of Mark’s Gospel

• Examining the Different Verbs for “Seeing” in Mark 8:23–25

• Peter’s Confession and the First Passion Prediction

• The Transfiguration

• Exploring the Significance of the Phrase “Listen to Him”

• Second Passion Prediction

• Teaching on Divorce

• Riches and the Kingdom of God

• Third Passion Prediction and Request of James and John

• Blind Bartimaeus and the End of the Journey

Unit 7: The Messiah Confronts Jerusalem

• The Triumphal Entry

• Finding the Fulfillment of Prophecies in Mark’s Gospel

• Prophetic Action in the Temple and Cursing the Fig Tree

• Question about John and the Parable of the Wicked Tenant Farmers

• Taxes to Caesar and Marriage in the Resurrection

• The Greatest Commandment and a Riddle

• Warning against Scribes and Commending a Widow’s Offering

• The Olivet Discourse

Unit 8: The Passion of the Messiah

• The Plot against Jesus

• The Last Supper

• Gethsemane

• Understanding Literary Techniques in Mark’s Gospel

• Arrest and Trial of Jesus; Peter’s Denial

• Trial before Pilate

• The Crucifixion

• Researching the Crucifixion

• Death and Burial of Jesus

Unit 9: The Epilogue

• Resurrection Announced

• Studying Textual Variants in Mark 1:41 and 16:9–20

• The Endings of Mark

Conclusion

• Summary Overview and Conclusion to Mark

Details

• Title: NT315 Book Study: The Gospel of Mark

• Instructor: Mark L. Strauss

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 8