The Gospel according to Mark (according to Josh)
I finished studying the book of Mark a couple months ago, but I still processing it–and probably will be while I make my way through the other gospels and the rest of the New Testament. There’s a lot to think about related to the Gospel of Mark, and I’m in a weird spot where I’m not super stable on much of what I’m thinking about. But writing this has helped me get more stable. If you read this, and have any thoughts of your own, please feel free to let me know! Writing is really impactful on my thinking, and interacting with others forces me to think even more differently, and that’s all good. The First Synoptic Gospel Scholars are mostly in agreement that the gospel attributed to Mark is the first written of the four canonical gospels. To illustrate, imagine this: Three friends witness a car accident. A police officer asks them each to write a report of what happened. If all three do so without looking at each other’s papers, then they would likely tell many if not all of the sam