The Background to Marks Gospel (AQA)

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The Background to Marks Gospel
Sources
- The Background to Marks Gospel
- Eyewitnesses
- Paul and Barnabas
- Oral Tradition
- Other Disciples
- Divine Inspiration
- Personal Experience
- Ur Markus
Reasons
- Authentic Record
- To Teach us
- Christianity was Growing
- Eyewitnesses and Disciples were dying
- Spread the Good News
- The Persecution in AD 64
- Inspiration
- Encourage Faith
- Stop Heresy
Calming the Storm
- 1st Century Christians
  - People with Evil Spirits
  - Nero in Fire of Rome
  - Ship on rough seas - Church sailing over stormy seas to its haven God
  - The disciples ran away in Gethsemane
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- Sources
  - Eyewitnesses
  - Paul and Barnabas
  - Oral Tradition
  - Other Disciples
  - Divine Inspiration
  - Personal Experience
  - Ur Markus
21st Century Christians
- Calming the Storm
  - 1st Century Christians
    - People with Evil Spirits
    - Nero in Fire of Rome
    - Ship on rough seas - Church sailing over stormy seas to its haven God
    - The disciples ran away in Gethsemane
- Suffer harassment or persecution
- Young Christians
  - criticized for being uncool
thought God was asleep in their time of need
Iraq, Nigeria, Libya, China, Philipenes
- 21st Century Christians
  - Suffer harassment or persecution
  - Young Christians
    - criticized for being uncool
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