Reading Mark Today 1

1. Why should we read Mark?
2. Why should you read this book?
3. Mark's story
4. Mark's world
5. Who wrote this gospel?
6. Who was John Mark?
7. Is Mark a history of Jesus?

Reading Mark Today 2

8. The beginning of the gospel
9. The kingdom of God is near
10. The Son of Man is revealed
11. Jesus calls the Twelve
12. The Lord is revealed to the Twelve
13. Two feasts, two kings
14. Uncleanness
15. Jesus in Gentile regions
16. The Christ
17. The mountain and the valley
18. Journey through Galilee
19. Journey to Jerusalem
20. Jerusalem: The Lord in His temple
21. The end of the temple
22. The night he was betrayed
23. King of the Jews
24. The empty tomb

Maps

1. Perea-Judea ; Where John was baptising
2. Capernaum and northern Galilee
3. The Decapolis
4. Nazareth and southern Galilee
5. Perea, including Machaerus and Petra
6. Jesus' journey through Gentile territory
7. The Sea of Galilee
8. Bethsaida and Capernaum
9. Jerusalem

'Dr Barnett's work on the New Testament is valued internationally. I look forward to using this series, especially among young Christians.'
- Dick Lucas, St Helen's, London

Dr Paul Barnett combines practical ministry with Biblical scholarship. He is an international lecturer in New Testament studies, and has authored numerous books. He has pastored two parishes and served as chaplain at both the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Paul Barnett was, until 2001, Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, Australia.