The Passion as Story: The Plot of Mark (Fortress Resources for Preaching)

The Passion as story- Blackwell again and again says that the preacher needs to couple detailed textual readings with preaching. And I say Amen! How the narrative actually works in its detail can aid us incalculably in our presentation of the Word of God. - John C. Holbert Professor of Homiletics Perkins School of Theology Dallas Blackwell explores the Passion Story in Mark 14:1-16:8 then offers concrete suggestions for preaching teaching and Bible study. He contends that the story of the cross as contained in Marks Passion Story provides a significant way to understand the Christian faith at large. John Blackwell is Dean of the Chapel at Kansas Wesleyan University.