Class 08 - Living the Gospel - Mark 1-16

In this class, we cover the entire Gospel of St. Mark.

Some of the topics include:
--the Gospel's introduction
--prayer
--God calls sinner not the self-righteous
--The healing of the man with the withered hand
--Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
--The four types of soil
--Lofty theological understanding is not necessary for salvation
--The mustard seed
--The demons and the swine
--Progressive healing
--Prayers to saints
--Briefly on the end times
--"Watch and pray," our hourly command
--Q&A session: why do we not worship on the Sabbath? Why Sunday? Also, can we eat halal food or does that count as food sacrificed to idols?

In this series, we focus on how we should live our lives according to the commandments of Christ found in the Gospels. While theology is important, we can't truly understand it until our hearts are purified. This purification comes by grace and praxis, that is, living the Christian life. With that in mind, we sometimes breeze over portions of chapters that are less about how to live and more about teaching theology. Praxis first; theology later.