Preaching Mark in Two Voices

by Blount, Brian K.

• ISBN13: 9780664223939
• ISBN10: 0664223931
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Brian K. Blount is Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary Gary W. Charles is Senior Pastor at Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, Virginia

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(18)
And the Walls Come Tumblin' Down (Mark 1:1--3:6)	19	(22)
From Text to Sermon	19	(9)
``God on the Loose'' (Mark 1:9--11)	28	(8)
Metanoeite!	36	(5)
A ``Real'' Family Reunion (Mark 3:7--35)	41	(19)
From Text to Sermon	41	(7)
``Then He Went Home'' (Mark 3:31--35)	48	(7)
Inside, Looking Out	55	(5)
By the Beautiful Sea (Mark 4:1--41)	60	(16)
From Text to Sermon	60	(7)
``No More the Sea'' (Mark 4:35--41; Rev. 21:1)	67	(4)
Dead Calm	71	(5)
What's in a Name? (Mark 5:1--6:6)	76	(22)
From Text to Sermon	76	(9)
``A Witness to the Resurrection'' (Mark 5:1--20)	85	(6)
Responding to Madness	91	(7)
It Started Off So Well (Mark 6:7--56)	98	(18)
From Text to Sermon	98	(9)
``Disciples' Medley: A Sermon in Four Parts''	107	(4)
The Grass Is Always Greener	111	(5)
No Dogs Allowed (Mark 7:1--8:21)	116	(28)
From Text to Sermon	116	(11)
``Makes Me Wanna Holler'' (Mark 8:24--30; Matt. 15:21--28)	127	(11)
Take Time to Be Holy	138	(6)
One Cross Fits All (Mark 8:22--9:13)	144	(17)
From Text to Sermon	144	(9)
``A Strange Interlude'' (Mark 9:2--9)	153	(4)
Spit Shine	157	(4)
Stay Close (Mark 9:14--10:52)	161	(25)
From Text to Sermon	161	(9)
``Stay Close'' (Mark 9:14--29)	170	(10)
Not One of Us	180	(6)
So Who's in Charge around Here? (Mark 11:1--13:2)	186	(22)
From Text to Sermon	186	(14)
``Nothing Left Behind'' (Mark 12:38--44)	200	(4)
Dead Man Walking	204	(4)
Watch Out! (Mark 13:3--14:72)	208	(24)
From Text to Sermon	208	(10)
``Inside Out'' (Mark 14:3--9)	218	(9)
You Better Watch Out!	227	(5)
Hand-ed Over (Mark 15:1--47)	232	(23)
From Text to Sermon	232	(13)
``Is That Your Final Answer?'' (Mark 14:32--15:47)	245	(4)
Will the Real Son of the Father Please Stand Up?	249	(6)
Happily Ever After (Mark 16:1--8)	255
From Text to Sermon	255
``Finish the Story: A Charge for Ministers Being Ordained''	265
Galilee	269