TOPIC 1: BACKGROUND TO MARK’S GOSPEL

CHECKLIST:

1.    What is a Gospel?

2.  Authorship, date and location

3.  From Jerusalem to Rome

4.  Sources of Mark’s Gospel

5.  Reasons for writing the Gospel

6.  Themes in Mark’s Gospel

7.  Persecution of 1^st century Christians

8.  The calming of the storm

9.  Mark’s Gospel as good news for Christians today