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Mark 8:27-38
(Mark 8:31-38)
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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Exodus 3:11
  • "Before the Angels," "Saving One's Life," "Carrying One's Cross," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
  • The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
  • XXIII.31, 41-43, 45-46, 48-49; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
  • III.XVI.5, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • VI.14, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
  • Chapter V, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
  • Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 7) Tertullian (c. 212)
  • XII.15, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
  • On the Lapsed -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
  • Epistle LXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 253)From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "All that Christ suffered for us he suffered not unwillingly, neither as being unaware, but foreknowing it and willingly."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "As the happiness of heaven with Christ, is enough to make up for the loss of life itself for him, so the gain of all the world in sin, will not make up for the ruin of the soul by sin."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "Embrace the will of God, however painful, daily, hourly, continually. Thus only can he follow me in holiness to glory."
  • "Profit and Loss; Mark 18:56," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
    • "No man ever loses anything by counting the cost, knowing his own expenditure, and keeping his debtor and creditor pretty closely up; but many men have been ruined by attempts which have been suggested by a spirit of speculation, and fostered by a negligence of their own concerns, combined with absolute ignorance of their real financial position."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Mark 8:27-38, Elisabeth Johnson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2018.
    • "...Mark has announced from the beginning that this story is good news (euangelion). How can this be? We need to read the whole story, to be sure."
  • "Who Do You Say that I Am?" Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2018.
    • "'Who do you say that I am?' is a much harder question than we think it is, and it’s already hard enough."
  • peaceonjustice, Barbara Born, 2018.
    • "Jesus asks us not to save our lives for our sake, but to lose them for His sake AND the sake of the gospel."
  • "Then and Now: Picking Up Our Crosses," Janet H Hunt, 2018.
    • "What do you hear when you listen to Jesus’ call to deny ourselves and to pick up our crosses and follow him?"
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Leonard Vander Zee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2018
    • "This is one of those texts that a preacher ought to approach with fear and trembling."
  • "The Politics of Victimhood and Shame," J. Leavitt Pearl, Political Theology, 2018.
    • "...Jesus teaches his followers to bear their victimhood without shame, just as he bore his own without shame."
  • A Provocation of the Gospel, Richard Swanson, provokingthegospel, 2018.
    • "The crucifixion links Christian faith to people who get called “ugly,” who are “hard to see that way,” who are taught from childhood that they are targets for the anger of the larger society.  We may not find this linkage comfortable."
  • A Plain Account, Wesleyan Commentary, Alicia McClintic, 2018.
    • "This scene strikes me as a really vulnerable moment between Jesus and his closest friends, when he turns to them and asks, What are people saying about me?"
  • Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2018.
    • "Mark masterfully uses Greek to emphasize the dramatic nature of our confession of Christ."
  • "Christ the Disciple," Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2018.
    • "The call to obedience is always the Word functioning to invite us to live in a certain way in response to God's work."
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38, Micah D. Kiel, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38, Michael Rogness, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
    • "Jesus gives us this hope for the future, but in this text we are called upon to follow him not just for this future, but in this life."
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
  • "Intriguing, Elusive, Captivating and Crucial," David Lose, ...in the Meantime, 2015.
  • "Location Matters," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2015.
  • Sermon Notes, Porter Taylor, The Liturgical Theologian, 2015.
  • "That Photo," Katie Munnik, Presbyterian Record.
  • Peace on Justice, Barbara Born, lectionary reflections related to Catholic Social Teaching, 2015.
  • "Stupendous and Scandalous," Dan Clendenin, 2015.
  • "A Wilderness of Names," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2015.
  • "Will You Forget Who I Am?" Andrew Prior, One Man's Web, 2015.
  • Political Theology Today, 2015.
  • Art and Faith Matters Lynn Miller, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
  • Stewardship of Life Sharron R. Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2015.
  • LECTIO Eric Smith, 2015.
  • Sermon Stories, 2015.
  • "Bearing the Cross as Jesus Did," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word,
  • Bruce Maples, 2015.
  • Lectionary Ruminations, John Edward Harris, Summit to Shore, 2015.
  • "Draughting Theology," Steve Pankey, 2015. Daily reflections and study for Sunday.
  • Journey to Penuel, 2015.
  • "The Sign of the Cross," Suzanne Guthrie, At the Edge of the Enclosure, 2015.
  • Ponderings on a Faith Journey Bob Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, 2015.
  • Ekklesia Project, 2015.
  • Visions from the Catacombs, Catacomb Churches, 2015.
  • Care for Creation Commentary, Tom Mundahl, Lutherans Restoring Creation, 2015.
  • Law and Gospel Everywhere Glenn Monson, 2015.
  • Thomas Beam , 2015.
  • Lectionary Poetry, Scott Barton, 2015.
  • "Consequences," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2015.
    • "Jesus not only taught us, he showed us that the only way to truly live is to give yourself away for the sake of others. If we have the courage to follow him, then we will find that this path of self-giving is the way to freedom, and true joy, and all the life that God wants to give us each and every day."
  • The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
    • "Jesus is concerned about our souls, about that mysterious but undeniable spiritual center to who we are as marvelously complex creatures made in the image of God."
  • "The Imperatives of Discipleship," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2015.
    • "The word (psyche, or 'soul') has been transliterated in English – e.g. psych-ology. It is often translated 'soul.' Again, I am a little hesitant to use 'soul' because it has become a 'religious' word that signifies a part of the human person, as opposed to a common word that refers to one's being more holistically...."
  • "The Theory of Everything," David Lose, ...in the meantime, 2015.
    • "And although [the disciples] weren't bombarded with 5000 advertising images each day as we are, yet they still imagined that the secret to life was strength and power rather than vulnerability and love. And so they interpreted Jesus' miraculous acts as demonstrations of power rather than manifestations of love. And when Jesus describes the greatest act of love – giving his life for them and the world – they can only object."
  • "A Different Kind of Denial," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2015.
    • "To 'deny yourself and take up your cross' invites us into what the cross can also mean -- not just death and suffering, but God choosing human relationships."
  • "Divine Things or Human Things?" Bob Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, 2015.
  • Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2015.
  • "Who Do They Say That I Am?" Stan Duncan, If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, 2015.
  • "I Have a Cross...You, Too?" Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
  • Lectionary Aric, video explaining analogies, including weak and strong ones about "taking up your cross." 2015.
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
  • "Who Are You?" Andrew Prior, First Impressions, 2015.
    • "The promise of the oppressor is solidarity...."
  • The Bartimaeus Effect, text notes and reflections, Travis Meier, 2015.
  • "This Is Good News?" Sharron R. Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2015.
  • Good News, Bad News, David Sellery, 2015.
    • "In an increasingly what's-in-it-for-me world, we are called to carry the cross of Christ against a rip-tide of secular cynicism. We are called to sacrifice and serve."
  • "Walking with Purpose," Thomas Beam, 2015.
  • "After the Confession," Andrew King, A Poetic Kind of Place, 2015.
  • "Hardest Choice," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2015.
    • "We only truly discover the life and love that God has to offer us when we let go all the things we cling to so tightly in that small place of "I" and open ourselves to the people around us in compassion, understanding, and love."
  • "Names," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2015.
  • "Picking Up My Cross: How Shall I Die?" Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2015.
    • "How often is it necessary to make a concerted effort to pay attention to the person, the matter, the situation right in front of me --- which may be calling me to 'take up my cross' --- and not already be thinking ahead to whatever it is that is waiting on my to do list?"
  • "Bearing the Cross of Compassion," Melissa Bane Sevier, 2015.
    • "So, yes, the crosses that we bear weigh us down. But Jesus invites us to follow him in his cross-bearing. Toward the future. Away from denial. Into the path where cross-bearing is acknowledged, maybe even welcomed, and the pain is lessened by all the company we have around us."
  • "The Right and Wrong Way to Deny Yourself," Bruce Maples, 2015.
  • Comentario del San Marcos 8:31-38, Pablo A. Jiménez, Working Preacher, 2015.
  • Concise Exegesis, Richard Donovan, lectionary.org.
  • Commentary, Mark 8:27-38, Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
    • "These verses are crucial for understanding the Gospel according to Mark as a whole and for fathoming what it means to be Christian."
  • "Preaching the Anti-King," David Lose, Working Preacher, 2012.
  • "All we have to do is trade what we've been led to believe is life for the real thing."
  • "Jesus Rejects the Title, 'The Christ','" D Mark Davis, raw translation and exegesis/questions, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
    • "I’m curious as to what role the “having turned and having seen his disciples” plays in this conversation..."
  • "Is Your Martrydom Also Dicsipleship?" Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2012.
    • "I am talking about the pain of living on for Jesus in the midst of a dying church. A church, too moribund to sail with the winds of change."
  • "Finding and Losing Life," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2012.
    • "That word life (psyche) shows up four times in these two verses. The Hebrew version of psyche is the word nephesh."
  • Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2012.
  • Lectionary Greek, RJM, Mark 8:27-38, 2012.
  • "Taking Up Our Crosses," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
    • "Are you ever tempted to deny others the 'cross' that is theirs to take up? Why or why not?"
  • "Real World: Galilee," Mike Baughman, The Hardest Question, 2012.
    • "What happens when Jesus stops being polite and starts getting real?"
  • Comentario del Evangelio por Marisa Strizzi, Marcos 8:27-38, 2012.
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38, Marilyn Salmon, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
  • "Contradictions and perplexities dominate the gospel for the day."
  • "Disappointment with God," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2012.
    • "...like Peter, in Jesus and his cross and resurrection we discover, not the God we may want, but the God we desperately need. "
  • "Censuring and Calling," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
    • "The word ψυχὴν  (psyche, or “soul”) has been transliterated in English – e.g. psych-ology. It is often translated “soul.” Again, I am a little hesitant to use “soul” because it has become a “religious” word that signifies a part of the human person, as opposed to a common word that refers to one’s being more holistically."
  • "God the Game-Changer," Michael L. Cooper-White, Odyssey Networks' ON Scripture, 2012.
    • "If we look carefully around us, there are signs that game-changers are in our midst."
  • "Finders Weepers, Losers Keepers," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2012.
    • "If you try to save that life in a self centered manner, you'll lose it."
  • "Following Jesus One Step at a Time," Kyle Childress, Ekklesia Project, 2012.
    • " Following Jesus and the way of the cross begins with small steps. Later, we’ll look up and discover where he’s led us."
  • "Lectionary Blogging," John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2012.
    • "The way of God is the stark paradox of the Son of God reigning from the cross, giving himself for the life of the world, which is to be emulated by followers of Jesus in giving themselves for the service of others, what we Lutherans call 'the theology of the cross.'"
  • "'Jesus, You'll Be the Death of Me!" Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2012.
    • "Jesus' rebuke acknowledges that it is human, but not helpful, to avoid the cross."
  • "Not a Super Hero, but an Authentic Human," Caspar Green, Scarlet Letter Bible, 2012.
    • "For those, like Peter, who are hoping for a knight on a white horse to sweep in at the last moment and save the day, the messianic expectation is bound to end in disappointment."
  • The Cost of Discipleship, Deny Yourself, Take up Your Cross, and Follow Me, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
  • "On Cross-Bearing," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
    • "Can you think of a time when another has taken on suffering or pain in your behalf?  Can you recall a time when you were called to that in behalf of another?"
  • "A Prayer from the Heart," Andrew Prior, First Impressions, 2012.
    • "By facing death, by taking up my cross and living the way of the kingdom, I guarantee an uncomfortable life. I will never feel comfortable in the shopping centre. But neither will I be seduced by it into an easy shallowness which is no life at all."
  • "Take Up Your What?" Rick Morley, 2012.
    • "Take up our cross? What cross? Oh, you mean a cross of crucifixion? The instrument of death for a slave?"
  • "Is Jesus the Human One?" Carl Gregg, The Hardest Question, 2012.
    • "Are you on the path to becoming a fully alive human being like Jesus was?"
  • "Ooops! Wrong Savior," Michael Coffey, 2012.
    • "It's really only the hard things in this life that end up telling us who we are, what we are made of, and what really matters."
  • Radical Gratitude: Pentecost 15B, Lent 2B, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38 (Lent 2), Sarah Henrich, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
  • Mark 8:31-38, Lent 2B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Renouncing 'Suffiecincy'," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
    • "It takes a significant dose of humility align our lives with God's kingdom. ... I think part of what Jesus is talking about is being willing to renounce the illusion of self-sufficiency. I think it is very similar to the perspective of the Psalmist about the 'humble' who recognize their need for God versus the 'proud' who think they can take care of themselves, thank you very much."
  • Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Mark 8:31-38, David Ewart, 2012.
    • "Just exactly how do we lose our life so that we get it back? The key is to not skip over the crucial qualification: 'for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel.'"
  • "Bait and Switch," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2012.
    • "He is one of us.  Let’s live in Christ’s service, willing to release our tight grip on the fear of death in order to live."
  • The Price of a Soul, Take Up Your Cross, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia.
  • Mark 8:31-38, in Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary's An Exegetical Study of the Common Lectionary, coordinated by Prof. John E. Alsup, features rough translation, disposition, immediate context, broader context, hermeneutical bridge, and contemporary address.
    • "Distinguishing the personal destiny quest by the earthly Jesus while he struggled with "son of man" traditions of his context from the continuing struggle to understand the christological ramifications of it all by the post-Easter community of faith is a complex but crucial matter for our attention (cf. Goppelt, Theology I, pp. 178ff)."
  • "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Lent 2," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "This passage follows the celebrated confession of Peter, that Jesus is ?the Christ? (8:29). It reveals just how easy it is to confuse adulation and truth."
  • Exegetical Notes (Lent 2B) by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
    • "Every time someone besides Jesus "rebukes," they are proven to be wrong. Peter rebuking Jesus (8:32). The disciples "rebuking" those who were bringing little children to Jesus (10:13). The crowd "rebuking" the noisy blind man (10:48). This verb seems to carry an idea of exerting power over -- something Jesus can do with evil forces and what he tries to do with his disciples. It is not something anyone should do with Jesus or with the beggars or children."
  • "Remember the Cross," Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
  • "When Jesus Spoke Plainly," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
    • "After Peter confessed that he was the Christ, Jesus began to predict his death, much to the shock of his disciples who longed for a savior who would vanquish the Romans..."
  • Commentary, Mark 8:26-38, Alyce M. McKenzie, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "That's what being a disciple means: embarking on a lifelong journey of allowing his identity gradually to shape our own. Verses 34-37 state the shape of that life."
  • A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
  • "Jesus Makes the First Passion Prediction; 'Get thee behind me, Satan!'," "Jesus Says You Must Deny Yourself and Take up Cross to Follow Him," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
  • "Who do you say that I am?" Paul Bellan-Boyer, City Called Heaven, 2009.
    • "Jesus is in Roman territory. It is when he approaches the Roman city of Caesarea Philippi that he asks the question. Identity politics were not invented in our generation."
  • Exegetical Notes (Proper 19B) by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
    • "Perhaps even after hearing and believing what Jesus has done and what we are to do; at best we can only confess, 'It's as clear as mud.'"
  • "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 15, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Philip?s Caesarea, honouring Roman might, is a good starting point for thinking about power. How do we stop the process whereby Jesus ends up becoming the chaplain to such powers? What is real gain for our community, for us as individuals? What is real gain for God?"
  • "Brrr, the Water Is Cold," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
  • Join the Feast, Mark 8:27-38, Marvin Lindsay, Union PSCE, 2009.
    • "Self-denial and cross-bearing were politically charged words, the cross being the Roman state?s favorite means of executing threats to the social order."
  • Peter's Confession, The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost, Donald H. Juel, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1994.
  • "Peter: The Stumbling Block and the Way of the Cross," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
  • "Are You a Christ-Follower?" Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
  • Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 24B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
  • Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
    • "How do we wait on God to discern his will for us as we live (necessarily) in culture / society today?"
  • Mark 8:27-38, Proper 24B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Mark 8: Peter's Confession and Jesus' Prediction," "Son of Man," "The Choice of Following the Teachings," wikipedia.
  • "Loneliness and Destiny," Chapter 10 of This Hebrew Lord, John Shelby Spong, 1974.
    • "I see his loneliness when he asked who they thought he was. They responded, 'You are the Christ of God,' and then they proceeded to tell him what kind of Christ he had to be for their sakes; and he said, 'Get thee behind me, Satan' (Mark 8:27ff)."
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Aichele, George, "Jesus' Frankness," Semeia, 1995.
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  • Ayayo, Karelynne Gerber, "Magical expectations and the two-stage healing of Mark 8," Bulletin for Biblical Research, 2014.
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  • Bishop, Jonathan, "Parabole and Parrhesia in Mark," Interpretation, 1986.
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  • Carder, Kenneth L., "Why Follow a Crucified Christ?" The Christian Century, 1997.
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  • Clark, John C., "Martin Luther's View of Cross-Bearing," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
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  • Dewey, Joanna, "Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on this text begins on page 25.)
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  • Goetz, Ronald, "'Get Thee Behind Me, Satan,'" The Christian Century, 1986.
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  • Harakas, Stanley S., "Suffering and Victory," The Christian Century, 1997.
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  • Henry, Christopher A., "Living by the Word Lectionary Reflection," The Christian Century, 2012.
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  • Hinkle, Mary E., "Lesson Plans," The Christian Century, 2003.
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  • Hoffman, Kathryn Vitalis, and Mark Vitalis Hoffman, "Texts in Context: Question Marks and Turning Points: Following the Gospel of Mark to Surprising Places," Word & World, 2006.
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  • "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 319)
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  • Joy, David, "Markan Subalterns/the Crowd and their Strategies of Resistance: A Postcolonial Critique," Black Theology, 2005.
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  • Juel, Donald H., 'The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost," Word & World, 1994. (Section on this text begins on p. 353).
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  • Kaur-Mann, Cham, "Who Do You Say I Am? Images of Jesus," Black Theology, 2004.
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  • Lambrecht, Jan, S.J., "A Note on Mark 8:38 and Q 12:8-9," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002.
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  • Lee, Oo Chung, "One Woman's Confession of Faith," International Review of Mission, 1985.
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  • Leon-Dufour, Xavier, "To Lose One's Life," Cross Currents, 1988.
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  • Marcus, Joel, "Uncommon Sense," The Christian Century, 2000.
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  • Marsh, Clive, "Black Christs in White Christian Perspective: Some Critical Reflections," Black Theology, 2004.
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  • Mays, James L., "Mark 8:27 - 9:1," Interpretation, 1976.
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  • Meyer, Marvin, "Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark," The Calvin Theological Journal, 2002.
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  • Mitchell, Glenn, "Living by the Word: Mark 8:27-38, James 3:1-2," The Christian Century, 2009.
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  • Nuechterlein, Paul J, "Living by the Word," The Christian Century, 2015.
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  • Neville, David J., "Moral Vision and Eschatology in Mark's Gospel: Coherence or Conflict?" Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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  • Niedner, Frederick, "Precious, Inevitable Scandal: Theology of the Cross in Mark," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2005.
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  • Osborne, B.A.E., "Peter: Stumbling-Block and Satan," Novum Testamentum, 1973.
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  • Petersen, Norman R., "The Composition of Mark 4:1-8:26," Harvard Theological Review, 1980.
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Proctor, Mark, "'After Three Days': Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34: Subordinating Jesus' Resurrection in the Second Gospel," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003.
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Reedy, Charles J., "Mark 8:31 - 11:10 and the Gospel Ending," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1972.
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Ross, J.M., "Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 2003. (Section on Mark 8:38 begins on page 210.)
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Ross, J.M., "Some Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 1983. (Section on Mark 8 begins on page 61.)
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      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Santos, Narry F., "Jesus' Paradoxical Teaching in Mark 8:35; 9:35; and 10:43-44," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2000.
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  • Skinner, Matthew L., "Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34," Word & World, 2003.
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  • Strecker, Georg, "The Passion- and Resurrection Predictions in Mark's Gospel," Interpretation, 1968.
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  • Swezey, Charles M., "Christian Self-Denial," Journal for Preachers, 1986.
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  • Wells, Samuel, "Holiness: Sacrifice," The Christian Century, 2000.
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  • Whitaker, Robin, "Rebuke or recall?: rethinking the role of Peter in Mark's Gospel?" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2013.
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  • Willimon, William H., "Taking Up the Cross," The Christian Century, 1983.
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  • Willson, Patrick J., "Cross Culture," The Christian Century, 1994.
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  • Wink, Walter, "The Education of the Apostles: Mark's View of Human Transformation," Religious Education, 1988.
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  • Young, Josiah, "Envisioning the Son of Man," Black Theology, 2004.
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• Sermons:
  • "Surprised by the Cross?" William Willimon, A Sermon for Every Sunday. Free audio. Video by subscription on-demand.
  • "Cross Purposes," Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott, Day 1, 2015.
  • "Following Jesus Is For Losers," the Rev. J.C. Austin, Day 1, 2012.
  • "The Heartbreaking Messiah," the Rev. Dr. David Lose, Day 1, 2009.
  • "Was Peter Looking for a Bailout?" the Rev. Dr. Debra Samuelson, Day 1, 2009.
  • "Christ and Everything Else Thrown In," the Rev. Peter Marty, Day 1, 2006.
  • "Remember the Cross," Jim Fitzgerald, Preacher's Magazine, 2006.
  • "Who Do YOU Say That I Am?" Pentecost 15, 17 September 2006, Luke Bouman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
  • "Brrr, the Water Is Cold," "If I Were God," "Peter:The Stumbling Block and the Way of the Cross," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
  • "Read the Fine Print," the Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens, Day 1, 2003.
  • 2 Lent, AKM Adam, Flesh and Bones, 2001. (Download is one long PDF file for book of sermons.)
  • "Lead, Follow, Or Get out of the Way," the Rev. Harvard Stephens, Day 1, 2000.
  • "Revising the Agenda," the Rev. William Carter, Day 1, 2000.
  • "Why Follow Christ?" Bishop Kenneth L. Carder, Day 1, 1997.
  • "Living, Loving and Giving," the Rev. Winifred Collin, Day 1, 1997.
  • Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
    • Ordinary 24, 2009
    • Ordinary 24, 2006
    • Ordinary 24, 2000
• With Children:
  • Worshiping with Children, Lent 2B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015.
  • "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," February 8, 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary. 2012.
  • "Jesus Faces Death: Taking Up the Cross," Mother Anne Emry, Sacred Story, 2012. Includes activities, children's church plans.
  • Mistaken Identity, Dianne Deming, Children's Sermons Today, 2012.
  • "Who Am I?" and "Playing for Keeps," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
  • "Jesus Finds a Solid Rock," "Jesus Tells the Disciples that He Must Suffer," "Jesus Walks on the Water," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "Treasure in Heaven," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
  • "Mark 7 & 8 Word Search," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
• Drama:
  • "The Messiah's Staff," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
  • "Question Time," Jeremy Moodey, dramatix.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art Images: Mark 8:27-38, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
  • Mark 8:27-35 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
  • Images for this week's readings, Lent 2B, Proper 19B, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
  • Mark 8:34 - 9:1, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
• Hymns and Music:
  • “O Jesus, You Were Born to Be,” Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s hymn celebrates the names and titles of Jesus. Tune: TRURO 8.8.8.8 (“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates”), O WALY WALY (“Though I May Speak”) and TALLIS' CANON (“All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night”).
  • "Tell Me, Dear Tree," Hymn based on John 3:14-18, Matthew 16:24-26, Mark 8:34-37, and Luke 9:23-25, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
  • Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 8:34, 36, 38. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • "Take up Your Cross," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Take the World, but Give Me Jesus
• Poetry, Literature and Literary References:
  • Lectionary Haikus, Lent 5, 2009, Mark 8:27-9:1, Christopher Gudger-Raines.
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
  • Peter
  • Crucifixion
• Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
  • Redemption
  • Sacrifice
  • Conversion
• Study pages for Parallel Gospel Accounts:
  • Matthew 16:13-20
  • Matthew 16:21-28
  • Luke 9:18-24
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark

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