Preaching Mark in Two Voices

by Brian K. Blount, Gary W. Charles

Overview

Brian Blount and Gary Charles team up to introduce us anew to Mark's Gospel. Reinterpreting Mark through sermons preached out of very different socio-cultural contexts, Blount draws parallels between Mark's message and the African American church's heritage of slavery and oppression while Charles wrestles with making the Gospel relevant to well-educated white suburbanites. Each chapter begins with an exegetical study and sermon by one author. Then, the other preacher responds from his own context, offering a different view of the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664223939
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	03/31/2003
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	273
Sales rank:	613,891
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brian K. Blount is President and Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Secondary Education in Richmond, Virginia. He is the coauthor of Preaching Mark in Two Voices and Making Room at the Table and the author of Can I Get a Witness?, all available from WJK.

Gary W. Charles is Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
1.	And the Walls Come Tumblin' Down (Mark 1:1-3:6)	19
View 1	From Text to Sermon	19
View 2	"God on the Loose" (Mark 1:9-11)	28
View 3	Metanoeite!	36
2.	A "Real" Family Reunion (Mark 3:7-35)	41
View 1	From Text to Sermon	41
View 2	"Then He Went Home" (Mark 3:31-35)	48
View 3	Inside, Looking Out	55
3.	By the Beautiful Sea (Mark 4:1-41)	60
View 1	From Text to Sermon	60
View 2	"No More the Sea" (Mark 4:35-41; Rev. 21:1)	67
View 3	Dead Calm	71
4.	What's in a Name? (Mark 5:1-6:6)	76
View 1	From Text to Sermon	76
View 2	"A Witness to the Resurrection" (Mark 5:1-20)	85
View 3	Responding to Madness	91
5.	It Started Off So Well (Mark 6:7-56)	98
View 1	From Text to Sermon	98
View 2	"Disciples' Medley: A Sermon in Four Parts"	107
View 3	The Grass Is Always Greener	111
6.	No Dogs Allowed (Mark 7:1-8:21)	116
View 1	From Text to Sermon	116
View 2	"Makes Me Wanna Holler" (Mark 8:24-30; Matt. 15:21-28)	127
View 3	Take Time to Be Holy	138
7.	One Cross Fits All (Mark 8:22-9:13)	144
View 1	From Text to Sermon	144
View 2	"A Strange Interlude" (Mark 9:2-9)	153
View 3	Spit Shine	157
8.	Stay Close (Mark 9:14-10:52)	161
View 1	From Text to Sermon	161
View 2	"Stay Close" (Mark 9:14-29)	170
View 3	Not One of Us	180
9.	So Who's in Charge around Here? (Mark 11:1-13:2)	186
View 1	From Text to Sermon	186
View 2	"Nothing Left Behind" (Mark 12:38-44)	200
View 3	Dead Man Walking	204
10.	Watch Out! (Mark 13:3-14:72)	208
View 1	From Text to Sermon	208
View 2	"Inside Out" (Mark 14:3-9)	218
View 3	You Better Watch Out!	227
11.	Hand-ed Over (Mark 15:1-47)	232
View 1	From Text to Sermon	232
View 2	"Is That Your Final Answer?" (Mark 14:32-15:47)	245
View 3	Will the Real Son of the Father Please Stand Up?	249
12.	Happily Ever After (Mark 16:1-8)	255
View 1	From Text to Sermon	255
View 2	"Finish the Story: A Charge for Ministers Being Ordained"	265
View 3	Galilee	269