Lesson Overview
I honestly think that most pastoral abuse would stop if we would take seriously Jesus’ teaching in this passage. We sometimes miss the forest through the trees when it comes to studying verse-by-verse. So, I’m going to start this study with a survey of how the Gospel of Mark repeatedly is contrasting the true mission of the Messiah with the false expectations of the disciples and the Jews of Jesus’ day (and modern day Judaism as well).
Then, we will see how big of a deal it is when Jesus tries to correct our thinking on the topic of servanthood as greatness and leadership as servants.
Do you want to go through the whole book of Mark with me verse-by-verse, covering theology and apologetics in detail? Click here!
