Marks Chapter 1-4 IntroductionReading Mark’s gospel as a manual for discipleship Mark 1: 16-20“Follow me!” – discipleship as a road trip with Jesus Mark 2: 1-12Attacking the Debt System: Jesus and the Pharisees Mark 3: 20-35Jesus declares war on the world order underpinned by the temple Mark 1: 1-8Good News: calling time on Rome and the temple Mark 1: 21-34A busy first day: God’s Liberator in action Mark 2: 13-28Jesus the Law-breaker: Lord of the Sabbath Mark 4: 1-34The Kingdom of God: growth and resistance Mark 1: 9-15Responding to the Good News: repentance and resistance Mark 1: 35-45Attacking the Purity System: Jesus and the leper Mark 3: 7-19Jesus’ new missional community begins Mark 4: 35-41Constructing a new world order (1): stilling a storm
