A Path Strewn With Sinners

A Path Strewn With Sinners

A Devotional Study of Mark's Gospel & His Race to the Cross

By Wade Johnston
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Mark doesn't waste words in his Gospel.

His Jesus, the Jesus, is a man on a mission, determined, racing. Mark doesn’t waste words, but his words pack a punch and his brief descriptions beg for deep reflection. Like a passenger in a car driving quickly, we can easily miss the details of the landscape if we don’t pay careful attention. Mark sets us on a race, but it’s important to stop along the way.

A Path Strewn with Sinners sets us on Jesus’ race to the cross, but it also insists we take time to ponder, to notice what Mark notes, and what he doesn’... Read More

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Mark doesn't waste words in his Gospel.

His Jesus, the Jesus, is a man on a mission, determined, racing. Mark doesn’t waste words, but his words pack a punch and his brief descriptions beg for deep reflection. Like a passenger in a car driving quickly, we can easily miss the details of the landscape if we don’t pay careful attention. Mark sets us on a race, but it’s important to stop along the way.

A Path Strewn with Sinners sets us on Jesus’ race to the cross, but it also insists we take time to ponder, to notice what Mark notes, and what he doesn’... Read More
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Mark doesn't waste words in his Gospel.

His Jesus, the Jesus, is a man on a mission, determined, racing. Mark doesn’t waste words, but his words pack a punch and his brief descriptions beg for deep reflection. Like a passenger in a car driving quickly, we can easily miss the details of the landscape if we don’t pay careful attention. Mark sets us on a race, but it’s important to stop along the way.

A Path Strewn with Sinners sets us on Jesus’ race to the cross, but it also insists we take time to ponder, to notice what Mark notes, and what he doesn’t. A master storyteller, Mark leaves room for us to ask questions of the text while at the same time giving us enough information to make that profitable. In so doing, He introduces us to Jesus in a most useful and unique way and makes our race well worth the effort, as A Path Strewn with Sinners shows.

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  • Pages: 118
  • Publisher: 1517 Publishing
  • Imprint: NRP BOOKS/New Reformation Publications
  • Publication Date: 15th September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781945978432
Author Bio
Wade Johnston serves as associate professor of history and theology at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, WI. He studied at Martin Luther College and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary before ordination. He earned a joint PhD in history from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Central Michigan University. He writes on history, theology, and philosophy. He cohosts the Let the Bird Fly podcast. 
Table of Content
Preface
Introduction: The Gospel of the Homesick Passion Streaker
The Good News Goes Forth: Mark 1:1–20
From Church with the Demons to Nowhere with Everyone: Mark 1:21–28
A Paralytic, a Tax Collector, and a Physician: Mark 2:1–12
Calling a Tax Collector and Supping with Sinners: Mark 2:13–17
A Withered Hand, Confessing Demons,
and Sleeper Picks: Mark3:1–6,13–19
Riders in the Storm: Mark 4:35–41
The Only Sane Man in Gerasenes: Mark 5:1–20
Toe-Tapping and Disruption: Mark 5:21–43
Jesus’ Syrophoenician Dog: Mark7:24–30
Spit from God’s Own Mouth: Mark7:31–37
Less Blind Bit by Bit: Mark8:22–26
A Saint’s Confession from a Sinner Troubled by the Cross: Mark 8:27–38
The Calm before the Storm: Mark 9:1–13
I Do Believe; Help My Unbelief!: Mark9:14–29
Let the Little Sinners Come to Me: Mark 10:13–16
An Epic Fail: Mark10:17–27
A Roadside Beggar: Mark10:46–52
The Oh-So-Close Scribe: Mark12:28–35
Anointing the Anointed for Death: Mark 14:3–9
God’s Supper with Sinners: Mark14:12–25
The Passion Streaker: Mark14:51–52
Peter Denies Jesus: Mark14:66–72
Sinners Shout for Our Convenient Redemption: Mark 15:6–15
Mockers Confess the Christ: Mark 15:16–20
The Day We Died: Mark15:21–41
And Peter: Mark 16:1–8
Jesus Sends Sinners to Make Saints: Mark16:14–20
 

Mark doesn't waste words in his Gospel.

His Jesus, the Jesus, is a man on a mission, determined, racing. Mark doesn’t waste words, but his words pack a punch and his brief descriptions beg for deep reflection. Like a passenger in a car driving quickly, we can easily miss the details of the landscape if we don’t pay careful attention. Mark sets us on a race, but it’s important to stop along the way.

A Path Strewn with Sinners sets us on Jesus’ race to the cross, but it also insists we take time to ponder, to notice what Mark notes, and what he doesn’t. A master storyteller, Mark leaves room for us to ask questions of the text while at the same time giving us enough information to make that profitable. In so doing, He introduces us to Jesus in a most useful and unique way and makes our race well worth the effort, as A Path Strewn with Sinners shows.

  • Pages: 118
  • Publisher: 1517 Publishing
  • Imprint: NRP BOOKS/New Reformation Publications
  • Publication Date: 15th September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781945978432
Wade Johnston serves as associate professor of history and theology at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee, WI. He studied at Martin Luther College and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary before ordination. He earned a joint PhD in history from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Central Michigan University. He writes on history, theology, and philosophy. He cohosts the Let the Bird Fly podcast. 
Preface
Introduction: The Gospel of the Homesick Passion Streaker
The Good News Goes Forth: Mark 1:1–20
From Church with the Demons to Nowhere with Everyone: Mark 1:21–28
A Paralytic, a Tax Collector, and a Physician: Mark 2:1–12
Calling a Tax Collector and Supping with Sinners: Mark 2:13–17
A Withered Hand, Confessing Demons,
and Sleeper Picks: Mark3:1–6,13–19
Riders in the Storm: Mark 4:35–41
The Only Sane Man in Gerasenes: Mark 5:1–20
Toe-Tapping and Disruption: Mark 5:21–43
Jesus’ Syrophoenician Dog: Mark7:24–30
Spit from God’s Own Mouth: Mark7:31–37
Less Blind Bit by Bit: Mark8:22–26
A Saint’s Confession from a Sinner Troubled by the Cross: Mark 8:27–38
The Calm before the Storm: Mark 9:1–13
I Do Believe; Help My Unbelief!: Mark9:14–29
Let the Little Sinners Come to Me: Mark 10:13–16
An Epic Fail: Mark10:17–27
A Roadside Beggar: Mark10:46–52
The Oh-So-Close Scribe: Mark12:28–35
Anointing the Anointed for Death: Mark 14:3–9
God’s Supper with Sinners: Mark14:12–25
The Passion Streaker: Mark14:51–52
Peter Denies Jesus: Mark14:66–72
Sinners Shout for Our Convenient Redemption: Mark 15:6–15
Mockers Confess the Christ: Mark 15:16–20
The Day We Died: Mark15:21–41
And Peter: Mark 16:1–8
Jesus Sends Sinners to Make Saints: Mark16:14–20