For this reason, Mark’s poignant portrayal of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ will be the focus of this four-week study. As the earliest of the canonical Gospels, Mark’s Gospel represents a remarkable achievement in its own right. In recent years there has been an ever-increasing appreciation for the Gospel of Mark. As a result, the Gospel of Mark has been overshadowed by the “fuller” and “more refined” accounts of Matthew and Luke. In the first place, Mark does not have the literary polish of Luke or the highly stylized format of Matthew.įurthermore, Mark’s Gospel is the shortest of the canonical Gospels, and it lacks some of the familiar stories about and teachings of Jesus that the other Gospels contain. The reasons for the depreciation of Mark are many and varied. ![]() Charles (Buz) Myers, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Gettysburg College and an ordained minister in the PCUSA, tells us about “The Genius of Mark the Evangelist.”ĭown through the years the Gospel of Mark has taken a back seat to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. One of our most popular lecture-based adult educators returns to Derry Church for four weeks beginning Sunday, Sept 10. ![]() Buz Myers will be in person for the remaining sessions, which will also be live streamed. The Sept 10 class is hybrid: attend via Zoom or participate with others in our Zoom Room (Room 7 on the lower level).
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