We finish the Gospel of Mark by sitting with the brutality of the cross and the shock of the empty tomb, even when it’s nowhere near Easter. I push past abstract belief and ask what it means to live like we’re truly bought by Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection power.
• why the crucifixion and resurrection should not feel seasonal
• Jesus’ willing surrender as God’s plan rather than a trap
• Mark 15 details from Pilate to Barabbas to the mocking soldiers
• the tearing of the temple curtain and the centurion’s confession
• Mark 16 at the tomb, fear, testimony, and disbelief
• the call to go and proclaim and what belief demands of daily life
• answering the objection that the sacrifice was easier because Jesus would rise
• the deeper cost of leaving heaven to become human for us
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