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How Literary Structure Tells Half the Story (Mark 1:21-28)
We have all been on the receiving end of a good joke told poorly. There was nothing wrong with the content, the problem was delivery. Somehow, words that are hilarious when told one way lose their...
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Understanding Mark 13: A New Series
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70AD —a painting by David Roberts (1796-1849). Of all the eschatological passages in the Bible, perhaps the Jesus’ Olivet Discourse is the most enigmatic...
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Is Mark 13 About AD70 and the Second Coming?
One of the factors that makes Mark 13 so difficult to interpret is that some verses seem to refer to a soon destruction of the temple, while other verses seem to present His second coming. What’s more,...
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Is Mark 13 About AD70 and the Gospel Spreading?
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70AD —a painting by David Roberts (1796-1849). As we saw in the previous post on Mark 13, it is difficult to see where Jesus switches from describing the...
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Is Mark 13 About Only The Second Coming?
As noted in the opening post, one difficulty with interpreting Mark 13 is that some verses appear to refer to Jesus’ near future, but others to the distant future. Stein embraced this tension by seeing...
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Is Mark 13 About Jesus’ Impending Death and Resurrection?
So far in our series on Mark 13, we have seen three different approaches. One is to switch back and forth from AD70 to the Second Coming, and the other two either push the text into the past or into...
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Review: Mark (ZECNT) by Mark Strauss
Mark Strauss is the author of the acclaimed Gospels introduction Four Portraits, One Jesus and has provided the edition for Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (ZECNT)....
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Giveaway & Review of A Theology of Mark’s Gospel by David Garland
Check back tomorrow to win a copy! Luke is compassionate and talkative, Matthew has his whole Jewish vibe, and John always speaks in riddles. What does Mark have going for him? The often forgotten...
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Rikk Watts’ The Gospel of Mark (Regent Audio)
As I was teaching through the Gospel of Mark at CCBCY this past semester, I leaped at the chance to review Rikk Watts’ lectures through the book at Regent College. Rick Watts is known as an expert on...
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