Mark 9-16: The Servant King by Tim Chester

Mark 9-16: The Servant King by Tim Chester

Have you ever arranged to meet someone for the first time, only to miss them because you expected someone who looked quite different? But more serious would be to miss God Himself, just because He didn't look like we expected.

This is exactly what happens in the second half of Mark's Gospel. Jesus is the King. But He comes to serve and suffer, not to fight political battles. He is Israel's Messiah. But He comes to judge those who believe they are already God's people. He is the promised Rescuer, but He can't even seem to save himself. Rejected by religious leaders, deserted by His followers, it seems everyone is missing who He really is.

Could we make the same mistake as the people of Jesus' day? This Good Book Guide will help you to know and understand Jesus, just as Mark knew Him--nothing that people expected, but more than any of us could hope for.

Tim Chester (Ph.D., University of Wales) is a church planter and Bible teacher. He serves as codirector of The Porterbrook Network, which equips individuals and churches to rediscover mission, and director of the Northern Training Institute, which provides integrated theological and missional training for church leaders. He is coleader of the Crowded House, a group of church-planting networks. His books include Good News to the Poor, The Message of Prayer, Total Church and You Can Change. He and his family live in Sheffield, U.K.