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• How reliable is church tradition regarding the authorship of Mark's gospel?
• Humanly speaking, how qualified was Mark to write a gospel?
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• How does the structure of Mark's gospel help us to understand his message?
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• Do the failures of the disciples undercut the authority and respectability of the church and its leadership?
• Why did Jesus perform miracles?
• Why was Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ so remarkable?
• What positive examples can we find among Christ's followers in Mark's gospel?
• What did the Jews in Jesus' day expect the Messiah to do?
• How did Jesus compare to the messianic expectations of his contemporaries?
• What is the relationship between God's plan for our lives as individuals and his plan for his kingdom?
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• How can we identify and employ the Holy Spirit's power in our lives?
• Why did Jesus' gospel message focus so strongly on the kingdom of God?
• How can church leaders guard themselves against sin?
• Why does Mark's gospel end with the women responding in fear to the news of Jesus' resurrection?
• In what sense did Jesus establish God's kingdom during his earthly ministry, and in what sense are we still waiting for his kingdom to come?
• What is the relationship between the kingdom of God and the church?
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