#876: Mark 3-4 | Was Mark ashamed? | Psalm 78

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Original airdate: Friday, September 6, 2019

*** SHOW NOTES (not a transcript) ***

Lead:

Why did Mark write what he wrote? Experts disagree, but this makes sense.

Intro:

This is a keepin’-it-real kind of program, and part of keeping it real is just telling you something “like it is.” One part of that today is that we have a good bit to read because we’re going to tackle a longer Psalm. Another is that even though I’m going to keep the Thinking & Reflection Segment short today, I want to share a perspective about why Mark wrote what he wrote that makes sense to me.

With that, remember that yesterday we heard Mark talk about the first couple “conflicts” that Mark writes about. Today we hear more of that, ultimately ending up with his authority being rejected.

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Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):

Passage: Mark 3-4
Translation: HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 73
Words: ~1544

Thinking/reflection segment:

Today’s source is listed below, and here’s my note to the publisher: FYI, this is yet another publisher who won't let you copy a single line out of a Kindle (which auto-cites the work, too, saving a ton of typing time. Zondervan Academic, you're in the freakin' stone age. Unless you change, I will avoid your books and go elsewhere.


Wisdom segment:

Passage: Psalm 78
Translation: HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 72
Words: ~1181

Love you!

-R


Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org


Sources and resources:

(1) Robert H. Gundry and Robert H. Gundry, A Survey of the New Testament: 5th Edition (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic), 2012. Kindle, location 2096.