"The Long-Awaited Arrival" - Mark 1:1-13 | Full Sunday Service
May 4, 2025 • Pastor Michael Gabbert
The author of Mark is anonymous. However, Eusebius, the early church historian, preserved the words of Papias, an ancient church father. Papias quoted “the elder,” probably John, as saying that Mark recorded Peter’s preaching about the things Jesus said and did. Written for a Roman audience, Mark emphasizes both the humanity of Jesus and His extensive ministry of miracles. Throughout, people were continually “amazed” by Him. So should we be…