How to Read the Bible Like a Human Being | Workbook Four: Mark 3:20 - 5:20

How to Read the Bible Like a Human Being | Workbook Four: Mark 3:20 - 5:20

Explore a whole new side of scripture by engaging your emotional brain and heart instead of your head! How to Read the Bible Like a Human Being is a visual storyteller's look at the New Testament, designed to help you see Jesus in his world and identify personally with him. Volume Four covers Mark 3:20 to 5:20, and includes participant materials for twelve weeks of study on four passages: Who Are My Mother and Brothers? Jesus’ family stages an intervention, only to have him virtually disown them. How did Mary deal with her son’s declaration of independence? - The Storm Stilled: A dead-tired Jesus is awakened from a sound sleep by his terrified disciples—at least half of whom can’t swim!—to a howling gale and a sinking boat. - The Man of the Tombs: What’s it like to be tormented, homeless, naked, injured, rejected by friends and family, and to know you haven’t long to live? - The Man of the Tombs Delivered: After being the scapegoat for your community, how do you reintegrate into society, even after being completely healed? What Makes This Different The product of three years of research into first-century life and culture, these studies focus on helping your grasp Jesus human side in the stories of the Gospel of Mark. The goal is not to know what to believe and how to behave, but to visual Jesus' daily life, connect your emotional experiences with his, and actually meet him in his own world. You'll ask questions and gain insights you never thought of in decades of study. And you won't just sit and listen to a video talking head! These small-group studies are completely discussion-based, using incisive questions that draw on everyone's real-life experiences to flesh out the characters in the passage. Along with the companion Leader's Guide , each of the four studies in this Participant Workbook provide: Setting Videos: Shot on location in Israel, these short videos show the setting where the story actually happened, so you can see it in your mind (accessed from the Leader's Guide ). - Background Information: Learn fascinating cultural details from Jesus’ day that influence how you read the story. - Free Texting App: You'll get one short text each weekday with one cool fact about the passage to help you keep your head in the game during the week. - Questions for Jesus about the passage you can ask during your devotions that week. - Research Links you can follow to explore the background of the passage on your own. About the Author Tony Stoltzfus has decades of ministry experiences, including 25 years training professional Christian coaches on how to ask great questions like the one's these materials are based on. He's the author of 20 books, has founded several leadership- and missions organizations, and coached hundreds of pastors and para-church leaders. He and his wife Kathy have been married for 35 years and have two adult children.