When my son, Thatcher, was younger he loved listening to Mark. I think it is because it is filled with so much action. Jesus does something, and then he goes somewhere. Every night when we would put Thatcher to bed he would say I want to listen to “John Mark.”
I love the fact that our children are listening to the New Testament with us through this summer. It reminds of Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way that he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” This summer is a great opportunity to begin instilling lifetime principles and a lifetime love of the Scriptures in your children. Mark is a wonderful gospel to start with if you haven’t begun yet because it is so full of action.
One observation I’ve had so far this week that I had not seen in only reading the Scriptures is the intensity at which Jesus had in speaking to the Pharisees at the end of Matthew. He was passionate for the real truth of who God is to reach the people, and this passion caused him to be harsh to those who confused the truth with lies and traditions. Jesus had a holy anger about him that would not compromise the truth of who God is to those who truly love him. I pray that we will have that same passion.
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