We’re excited in your interest to study the second half of the Gospel of Mark with us. We’ll have all the materials you need except your Bible and a notebook or some note paper. It will really help you, however, if you bring your manuscript from MARK I, so you can refer to your notes and continue following the themes you began there. Also, bring a friend who’s been through MARK I, too!
We’ll take time each day for personal study, but most of this track is interactive. We trust you’ll soon become comfortable as we talk together. Bible knowledge and Christian faith are not prerequisites for our time, but you should know that Mark II is a study track. You will benefit in proportion to your desire and participation.
We’ll follow Jesus and his disciples around through the second half of Mark’s Gospel. In that process, we hope three things will happen:
- You’ll learn the gospel comprehensively and why it is really “good news” for all who believe.
- Knowing the gospel demands a personal response to Jesus, who is at the heart of the gospel message. The specific response Jesus calls each of us to may vary, but we hope none of us will leave this encounter with Mark without being deeply changed and moved to follow Jesus wherever he leads.
- You’ll be deepening your understanding and practice of the inductive study method. What you learn will help you both in other Bible study and in leading and teaching others in the scriptures.
