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Mark 1:14-20

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bullet Reading the Text:
bullet Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Mark 1:14-20, Stephen Hultgren, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 1, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
  • "Jesus Calls Disciples Peter, Andrew, James, and John," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
  • "Follow Me," Kate Huey, Weekly Seeds, iucc.org, 2009.
    • "Did your decision to follow Jesus happen at one particular moment, or has it been an ongoing process?"
  • "What if you don't like fishing?" Jeff Stiggins, Congregational Transformation Blog, 2009.
    • "What if we quit making excuses and did these three things as disciples:  'Be who you are.  See what you have.  Do what matters.'"
  • "Give Jonah a Break," (Jonah 3 & Mark 1:14-20) Rev. Todd Weir, bloomingcactus.
    • "How would we act differently if we knew the potential difference our lives make to others. In our cynicism, it is easy to forget that divine providence may work through us, that God brings about the good by weaving together our daily decisions."
  • "First Thoughts on Passages from Mark in the Lectionary: Epiphany 3," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "The calling of James and John and Simon and Andrew functions therefore as a protest not against life at home, but against societal values which trap people into the service of false gods."
  • "Fishing for Christ," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
    • "What does it mean for you to be a fisherman, a fisherwoman for Christ?"
  • Theological Themes, Kristin Johnston Largen, Lectionary Homiletics sample, 2009.
    • "What does it mean for us today to say, 'the kingdom of God has come near?'"
  • Mark 1:14-20 The Beginning of the Good News: the Epiphany Gospels in Mark and John, Paul S. Berge, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1997.
  • The Dawning of the Kingdom and the Call of the Disciples, A Markan Epiphany: Lessons from Mark 1, Donald H. Juel and Patrick R. Keifert, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1988.
  • Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen, at Crossmarks.
    • "The two verbs in the second part of Jesus' proclamation are present tense imperatives. That implies continued or repeated actions. "Keep on repenting!" "Keep on believing." Repent and believe are not like a door that we pass through once, e.g., I repented and I believed, so now I'm in the kingdom. Rather they are part of an ongoing lifestyle of the people to whom the rule of God has come near."
  • "Repent and Believe in the Good News," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
  • Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Mark 1:14-20, David Ewart.
    • "The fact that Jesus is out alone at night and that the four all leave their families to follow / travel with Jesus is abnormal and deviant behaviour."
  • Sermon Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2006.
  • Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
    • "Time's fulfilled. (Time's Up!?).  In Jesus' presence the world enters the Eternal Now."
  • Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 3B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
  • "I Will Make You Become Fishers of Men," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
  • "Conversion and Personal Commitment," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
    • "How many times have commitments you made changed your daily routine? What commitments have changed your life?"
  • "Love's Double Victory," commentary by Susan B.W. Johnson from The Christian Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
    • "We cannot be fishers of men and women if in our hearts we are haters of them."
  • "The Most Uncomfortable Day of the Year," Byron L. Rohrig, The Christian Century, 1987. At Religion Online.
    • "Ash Wednesday is not known in the church as our good humor day. So I was at first puzzled when I reached into my file, untouched since the first day of Lent last year, and found that I had scribbled the following: "On Ash Wednesday, the minister who just had to be different slung a shovelful of palm ash at his horrified congregation. One parishioner was heard to remark in a whispered gasp, ‘This is a terrible imposition."’"
bullet Articles & Background:
  • "Good News/Gospel," "Mark 1: Calling of the Four Disciples," "Calling Disciples," wikipedia.
  • "The Galilean Fishing Economy and the Jesus Tradition," by K.C. Hanson.
    • "Since fishing created "product" and utilized the infrastructure, Herod Antipas and his Roman patrons (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula) could benefit in numerous ways: selling fishing leases, taxes on product and processing (e.g., taxes on shops and processing installations), and tolls on cartage and shipping."
  • "The Family in the Jesus Movement," Santiago Guijarro, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2004.
    • "The purpose of this study is to explore the possible continuity between the Jesus movement before Jesus' death and the movement of his disciples after his resurrection in their attitude towards the family."
  • Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living. John C. Purdy, 1989. Full text of book At Religion Online.    
    • "Based on passages from the Gospel of Matthew, this book considers what it means to be "called" in a time when Christians have so many competing claims for their time, love, and commitment. Ten challenges to Christian living are explored, among them: calls to adventure, perfection, costly obedience and fidelity."
  • "The Power of Alliance," by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, in Sojourners OnLine, Sept/Oct 1998.
    • "...under the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas, who was anxious to make his backward region productive for Rome (by both taxes and exports), and with the development of preservative techniques in which hauls of sardine and carp could be pickled or salted, the pressures of a wider market seem just then to have been altering the Galilean economy. Romans developed a taste for salt-fish. Spicy sauces and fish stews were highly valued as both condiment and medicine. Magdala, lakeside hometown of the disciple Mary, became a kind of factory town nicknamed Taricheae, or the "Town of Salt-Fish." The Galilee, little more than a large freshwater lake, was becoming virtually "industrialized" and perhaps even overfished."
  • "How to Be a Disciple," Dallas Willard. Adapted from The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Reprinted in The Christian Century, 1998. At Religion OnLine.
    • "...it could well prove to be a major turning point in our life if we would ... ask ourselves if we really do intend to be life students of Jesus. Do we really intend to do and be all of the high things we profess to believe in? Have we decided to do them? When did we decide it? And how did we implement that decision?" 
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bullet Reviews:
bullet Sermons:
bullet With Children:
bullet Drama:
  • "The First Five," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bullet Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Hymns and Music:
bullet Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bullet Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bullet Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark