Day: January 24, 2011

My dear friend and UFM colleague Alan gave this helpful comment on Facebook:

It could be a useful introduction to Christianity Explored.
But really the goal of it is not as an evangelistic tool but to enable Christians to learn the structure of Mark’s gospel so they can then share the gospel with others.

I could see that it would be a good introduction to a series of studies n Mark like Christianity Explored, but hadn’t thought of the impact it could have on the Christians involved in the “experiment”. Thank you Alan.

Tuesday afternoon Bible study: Ruth 2.

Friday morning: Evangelism on the market.

Saturday evening: Youth group, still going through Christianity Explored.

Sunday: preaching on John 6:1-15 (The feeding of the 5000), my colleague preaches in St Brieuc.

I went to St-Brieuc yesterday afternoon to see “The Mark experiment” (Marc: l’expérience). Basically, it is the gospel of Mark presented as a drama. There is no fuss, no costumes. The actors move freely around the audience. I had heard about it, and it was good to see it for myself.

I enjoyed it. But I still have problems with the idea that it is legitimate to represent Christ, and I did not find it as powerful as clear gospel preaching. I could see some people following the play from Mark’s gospel, which is great.

Would I use it as an Evangelistic tool? Maybe not on its own. In my opinion, it would have been great if they people in St-Brieuc had offered a series of Bible studies on Marc afterwards, or some other series of Evangelistic Bible studies.

English speakers can find more information on the Mark Drama website here: themarkdrama.com.