Discipleship in Gospel According to Mark

The author explores the topic from a variety of interpretive perspectives gathered from an assortment of (mostly) recent texts and articles written by theologians, historians, philosophers, and scholars. Particular attention is given to newer forms of textual criticism and interpretation which have emerged in the light of source, form, and redaction criticism which guided most biblical inquiry before the mid-twentieth century.

The conjectures and conclusions posited by the author contend that a renewed interest in mysticism may be beneficial in the future role of the Church.

A. Substituting man's wisdom for God's Will

2. Conjecturing about authorship, date, sources

B. Losing the mysticism in religion

1. Ignoring the mystical roots of Judaism

C. The possibility of Hebrew or Aramaic texts

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g of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." But until we arrive at the last few verses of the eighth chapter we are wont to discover the value Jesus placed upon true discipleship. Speaking not only to the Twelve, but to the "multitude" travelling alongside, Jesus demands nothing short of selfless devotion to the Kingdom of God: If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. Perhaps now Peter, Andrew, James, and John, the four fishermen who had, according to the opening verses of Mark, left everything behind without question when Jesus simply told them to "Follow me," had their eyes opened to the true cost and meaning of their discipleship. Indeed, Myers draws a series of parallels between Mark's account of the healing of the blind m
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Approximate Pages = 21 (250 words per page)