One of the small groups at St Paul’s asked what they could think about over the Summer as they didn’t want to stop meeting together. My suggestion, which they were keen to take up, was to read through one of the Gospels a little each day and when they met together to look at anything that had particularly struck them and any questions they had.
So over the next few weeks they, and I, will be reading through Mark’s Gospel starting tomorrow. How about reading it with us and I may from time to time post some thoughts. If you have any questions as you read it let me know and I will try to reply here so that everyone can benefit.
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Here’s the reading plan:
| 24th July | Mark 1.12-28 | Jesus Calls Four Fishermen & A Man with an Evil Spirit |
| 25th July | Mark 1.29-45 | Jesus Heals Many People, Preaches in Galilee & Heals a Man |
| 26th July | Mark 2.1-12 | Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man |
| 27th July | Mark 2.13-22 | Jesus Calls Levi & The Question about Fasting |
| 28th July | Mark 2.23-28 | The Question about the Sabbath |
| 29th July | Mark 3.1-12 | The Man with a Paralyzed Hand & A Crowd by the Lake |
| 30th July | Mark 3.13-20 | Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles |
| 31st July | Mark 3.21-35 | Jesus and Beelzebul & Jesus’ Mother and Brothers |
| 1st August | Mark 4.1-9 | The Parable of the Sower |
| 2nd August | Mark 4.10-20 | The Purpose of the Parables & Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower |
| 3rd August | Mark 4.21-32 | A Lamp under a Bowl & The Parables of the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed |
| 4th August | Mark 4.33-41 | Jesus Calms a Storm |
| 5th August | Mark 5.1-20 | Jesus Heals a Man with Evil Spirits |
| 6th August | Mark 5.21-34 | Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus’ Cloak |
| 7th August | Mark 5.35-43 | Jairus’ Daughter Pt2 |
| 8th August | Mark 6.1-13 | Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth & Sends Out the Twelve Disciples |
| 9th August | Mark 6.14-29 | The Death of John the Baptist |
| 10th August | Mark 6.30-44 | Jesus Feeds Five Thousand |
| 11th August | Mark 6.45-56 | Jesus Walks on the Water & Heals the Sick in Gennesaret |
| 12th August | Mark 7.1-13 | The Teaching of the Ancestors |
| 13th August | Mark 7.14-30 | The Things That Make a Person Unclean & A Woman’s Faith |
| 14th August | Mark 7.31-37 | Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute |
| 15th August | Mark 8.1-13 | Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People & The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle |
| 16th August | Mark 8.14-30 | The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod & Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida & Peter’s Declaration about Jesus |
| 17th August | Mark 8.31-38 | Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death |
| 18th August | Mark 9.1-13 | The Transfiguration |
| 19th August | Mark 9.14-29 | Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit |
| 20th August | Mark 9.30-41 | Jesus Speaks Again about His Death & Who Is the Greatest? & Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us |
| 21st August | Mark 9.42-50 | Temptations to Sin |
| 22nd August | Mark 10.1-16 | Jesus Teaches about Divorce & Jesus Blesses Little Children |
| 23rd August | Mark 10.17-31 | The Rich Man |
| 24th August | Mark 10.32-45 | Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death & The Request of James and John |
| 25th August | Mark 10.46-52 | Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus |
| 26th August | Mark 11.1-11 | The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem |
| 27th August | Mark 11.12-19 | Jesus Curses the Fig Tree & Goes to the Temple |
| 28th August | Mark 11.20-33 | The Lesson from the Fig Tree & The Question about Jesus’ Authority |
| 29th August | Mark 12.1-12 | The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard |
| 30th August | Mark 12.13-27 | The Question about Paying Taxes & The Question about Rising from Death |
| 31st August | Mark 12.28-34 | The Great Commandment |
| 1st September | Mark 12.35-44 | The Question about the Messiah & Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law & The Widow’s Offering |
| 2nd September | Mark 13.1-13 | Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple & Troubles and Persecutions |
| 3rd September | Mark 13.14-27 | The Awful Horror & The Coming of the Son of Man |
| 4th September | Mark 13.28-37 | The Lesson of the Fig Tree & No One Knows the Day or Hour |
| 5th September | Mark 14.1-11 | The Plot against Jesus & Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany & Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus |
| 6th September | Mark 14.12-25 | Jesus Eats the Passover Meal with His Disciples & The Lord’s Supper |
| 7th September | Mark 14.26-42 | Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial & Jesus Prays in Gethsemane |
| 8th September | Mark 14.43-52 | The Arrest of Jesus |
| 9th September | Mark 14.53-65 | Jesus before the Council |
| 10th September | Mark 14.66-72 | Peter Denies Jesus |
| 11th September | Mark 15.1-15 | Jesus before Pilate & Is Sentenced to Death |
| 12th September | Mark 15.16-32 | The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus & Jesus Is Crucified |
| 13th September | Mark 15.33-41 | The Death of Jesus |
| 14th September | Mark 15.42-47 | The Burial of Jesus |
| 15th September | Mark 16.1-11 | The Resurrection |
| 16th September | Mark 16.12-20 | Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene, Two Followers and to the Eleven & Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven |