Mark 1

Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.

Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.

For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.

Not just Advent

Does Jesus hide from the wild beasts? Hurl rocks at them? Mark doesn’t say.

Paul knew something about being an obnoxious weirdo.

The gospels don’t depict John as much of an organization builder.

And why would anyone baptize the dead?

As if he were working on an assembly line, John dips and raises, dips and raises.

It is noisy out there.

His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.

There is a clear distinction between being comfortable and receiving comfort.

Throughout scripture, human bodies are not an obstacle to righteousness; they are its location.

Throughout scripture, human bodies are not an obstacle to righteousness; they are its location.

The translators hope that “the colonial language that was forced upon us can now serve our people in a good way.”