Gospel of Mark, Part 1: Chapters 1-8 is a 15-week study that will encourage your heart and build your faith. The study includes both weekly commentary and daily study questions on each Bible passage. Jesus was fully man and fully God! Mark was amazed by this reality. For this reason, Mark s gospel centers on these two aspects of Jesus life. The first part of the gospel (Mark 1-8) depicts Jesus as the Servant who rules. The second part (Mark 8-16) focuses on Jesus as the Ruler who serves. Jesus authority was God-given, and His ministry reverberated with that undeniable authority. Demons obeyed Him. Diseases withered at His command. He calmed wind and waves. Yet He also thoroughly understood and loved humanity. He assumed the attitude of a servant one who came to suffer and die for our sakes. In this first part of a two-part study, you will discover Jesus interactions with needy people people just like us and uncover timeless principle for today.
Raymond Charles Stedman was an evangelical Christian pastor, and author. He was a long-time pastor of Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, California, and author of several books.
Peninsula Bible Fellowship had begun two years earlier as a small Bible study. By 1950 it had grown to the point of needing pastoral care. The directors of Peninsula Bible Fellowship offered the position to Ray in 1950. Peninsula Bible Fellowship became Peninsula Bible Church, and Ray's leadership here was to last forty years, culminating in his retirement as a pastor and elder on April 30, 1990.
Ray was known for his humor and warmth. His gentle personality allowed all those who met him to feel instantly at ease. At the height of his career, when he was speaking internationally; Ray often would return home to Palo Alto and listen to Peninsula Bible Church interns preach from the church pulpit. Regarding Ray's impact, Chuck Swindoll said "Ray Stedman is what I want to be when I grow up."
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