Really Ambitious: Read all four gospels (in this order): Mark, Matthew, Luke, John
[The icon at right is of Mark writing his gospel]
• Take your time, drink deeply, have fun.
• How does the Old Testament flavor what you read?
• What do you notice that is different in each gospel?
• What is the same?
• What happens to Jesus?
• What happens to the disciples?
o How does their faith change?
• How does the role of Jesus change?
o How does the perception of Jesus change?
• What role does the Spirit play?
Less Ambitious:
Read the Gospel of Mark (it is the shortest)
• What do you notice about the plot? What is there? What seems to be missing?
• How does the Old Testament flavor what you read?
• What happens to Jesus?
• What happens to the disciples?
o How does their faith change?
• How does the role of Jesus change?
o How does the perception of Jesus change?
• What role does the Spirit play?
Moderately easy:
Read Luke 22:1 through 24:53 (The Passion and Easter story)
• What happens to Jesus?
• What happens to the disciples?
o How does their faith change?
• How does the role of Jesus change?
o How does the perception of Jesus change?
• What role does the Spirit play?
Easy as Pie:
Read: Mark 1:1-15 (Baptism of Jesus)
• This will take you less than two minutes to read – Honest! – so read it over carefully several times.
• What do you notice about the crowd? John the Baptiser? Jesus?
• What does God mean by calling Jesus “the beloved”? What does that mean to us?
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