Messianic Checkpoint: The Gospel of Mark (with Jeff Cavins) -2026

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[gentle music] Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is time for our second Messianic checkpoint, and it is with the Gospel of Mark. Last Messianic checkpoint, or the first one, we had went through the gospel of St. John, which was the longest gospel. Now we are going down to Mark. I don't know, down to Mark is the best way to say it. [laughs] We're going to Mark, which is the shortest of all four gospels. And again, joining us, so grateful as always, is Jeff Cavins, who's gonna give us an intro to this second Messianic checkpoint to this gospel of St. Mark. So Jeff, thank you so much for, for being here, and welcome.

Jeff Cavins· Guest0:50

Well, it's a privilege to, uh, to join you on this, on this journey, and it's beautiful how, how people can go, uh, through the Bible and then every once in a while jump forward a little bit- [laughs] Right ... to, to see the fruit of what this whole story is about. And with four gospels, you know, each one of them has a little bit different emphasis. And together- Yeah ... you, you know, you, you get a full look at Jesus. But we don't just blend them together because each one of them is unique.

Mike Schmitz· Host1:16

Yeah, they are, and I- that's one of the reasons why I love the fact that how we're doing this in this Bible in a Year is we had all of John at once, you know, maybe I think a little over a week, seven or eight days, and then we have all of Mark now, you know, a number