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Article: A second look at the Gospel of Mark--midway in the year of mark.
- Article from:
- Currents in Theology and Mission
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
- Author:
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The Currents issue that led us into Mark's Gospel for the 2005-2006 church year (December 2005) did not do full justice, in my opinion, to the Good News--the really "Good" and the really "New"--that Mark wants us to hear as he teases us to follow his opening words: "The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ the Son of God."
The major item missing--or at best fuzzy--in the articles offered was the uniquely Good, the uniquely New, in the kingdom of God (reign of God) as Mark's Jesus enacts it. One item that signals this right from the start is the frequent references to Jesus' "revealing" the kingdom of God. Fact is, Mark never uses the terms "reveal" or ...