Introduction We've spent four weeks on the opening verses of Mark's gospel, where Mark has told us about John the Baptiser, who came baptising in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. John summoned the people to repent, because the Saviour was coming, who would put into effect … Continue reading Mark 01(14–15) →

Introduction We've spent a few weeks on the opening verses of Mark's gospel. Firstly, we spent a Sunday thinking about the first verse where Mark reminds us that the gospel is all about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And we thought about what all those different names and titles signify: 'Jesus' means 'Saviour' and … Continue reading Mark 01(12–13) →

Introduction After John the Baptiser was imprisoned, the Lord Jesus went into Galilee and began to proclaim that the time has come; the kingdom of God is near. The time the people had been waiting for -- the new era, the new age, which God had foretold in the pages of the Old Testament -- … Continue reading Mark 01(16–34) →

Review It's been a few weeks since we were last studying the book of Mark together. At that time, we were thinking about John the Baptiser who -- like an Old Testament prophet -- summoned the people to turn from their sin in repentance and to prepare for the coming of the Saviour. And do … Continue reading Mark 01(09–11) →

Introduction We began to study Mark's gospel on the Sunday before Easter when we spent our time going word by word through the first verse. And so, there's the word 'gospel'; and we thought about how the gospel is good news about what God has done for sinners like us to save us from the … Continue reading Mark 01(02–08) →

Introduction It's always good to return to the gospels and to spend time reading about and thinking about the Lord Jesus Christ: and all he said and all he did for our salvation. Between the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2015 -- with lots of breaks and interruptions -- we studied the gospel … Continue reading Mark 01(01) →