Mark: He Came to Serve

By Ray C. Stedman

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The Gospel of Mark, the second book in the New Testament, is 16 short chapters long, the briefest of all the Gospels, and therefore easy to read in one sitting. Its brevity is probably the reason it is the most often translated book of the New Testament. The Wycliffe translators, I understand, almost invariably begin their translation work with the Gospel of Mark because it is so short and gives the whole story in one brief compass. This Gospel has a completely different atmosphere from the Gospel of Matthew. If you go on to read Luke and John, you will see that they are still different from Matthew and Mark, Matthew, Mark and Luke are more similar to each other than any of these three are to the Gospel of John. Nevertheless, they are all different. There is a reason for this, designed deliberately by the Holy Spirit. We make a mistake if we think these four Gospels are four biographies of the Lord. They are not biographies at all, they are character sketches, intended to be different, intended to present different points of view. Therefore, they constitute four distinct views of our Lord and of his work. The Gospel of Matthew is written to present Christ as the King. The Gospel of Mark presents his character as a servant. The Gospel of Luke presents him as the Son of man -- as man in his essential humanity. The Gospel of John presents him as the Son of God, that is, his deity, and there you find the greatest claims for his deity.

Episode Date
The Place to Begin (Mark 1:1-8)
Sep 30, 2018
Jesus Came (Mark 1:9-15)
Sep 29, 2018
A Day in the Life of Jesus (Mark 1:16-39)
Sep 28, 2018
The Healer of Hurts (Mark 1:40 - 2:12)
Sep 27, 2018
The Scandal Maker (Mark 2:13 - 3:6)
Sep 26, 2018
False Forces (Mark 3:7-35)
Sep 25, 2018
The Dimming of the Light (Mark 4:1-34)
Sep 24, 2018
Seed Thoughts (Mark 4:3-32)
Sep 23, 2018
Why are you Afraid? (Mark 4:35 - 5:20)
Sep 22, 2018
The Weakness of the World (Mark 5:21 - 6:6)
Sep 21, 2018
Who is This? (Mark 6:7-52)
Sep 20, 2018
When Rite is Wrong (Mark 6:53 - 7:30)
Sep 19, 2018
Do you Not Yet Understand? (Mark 7:31 - 8:21)
Sep 18, 2018
The Turning Point (Mark 8:22-33)
Sep 17, 2018
The Way of the Cross (Mark 8:34-38)
Sep 16, 2018
The Glory that Follows (Mark 8:38 - 9:29)
Sep 15, 2018
The Child in Our Midst (Mark 9:30-50)
Sep 14, 2018
What about Divorce? (Mark 10:1-12)
Sep 13, 2018
The Plight of the Overprivileged (Mark 10:13-31)
Sep 12, 2018
The Ambitious Heart (Mark 10:32-52)
Sep 11, 2018
The Rumor of Hope (Mark 16:1-8)
Sep 10, 2018
The King is Coming (Mark 11:1-25)
Sep 09, 2018
By What Authority? (Mark 11:27 - 12:27)
Sep 08, 2018
Top Priority (Mark 12:28-44)
Sep 07, 2018
Watch! (Mark 13)
Sep 06, 2018
Love's Extravagance (Mark 14:1-25)
Sep 05, 2018
Smite the Shepherd (Mark 14:26-52)
Sep 04, 2018
Jesus and the Priests (Mark 14:53-72)
Sep 03, 2018
Jesus and the Rulers (Mark 15:1-20)
Sep 02, 2018
The Awful Penalty (Mark 15:21-47)
Sep 01, 2018
Those Signs Following (Mark 16:9-20)
Aug 31, 2018