Mark is the only one who uses this term, as well as the only writer to mention the green grass. This is just one example of the many vivid touches in this Gospel. The first verse, which is the ...

Mark wastes no time: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). From the first verse, we’re told that Jesus is not just a man—He is the divine Son, the ...

The Gospel of Mark A story of secrecy and misunderstanding. L. Michael White: Professor of Classics and Director of the Religious Studies Program University of Texas at Austin ...

When composer Christopher Tyler Nickel set out to create an oratorio of Mark’s gospel, he made an ambitious decision to set not just the narrative but the whole text to music, word for word.

Today’s Gospel reading is a quick demonstration on the dangers of cherrypicking Gospel verses. (It’s a lot more than that, but let’s start there.) Jesus, ...