Forty Days in Mark's Passion: A Lenten Journey (ebook)

Throughout Christian history, the forty days before Easter have been set apart as a time of self-reflection and preparation for the sufferings of Christ. This book walks through those forty days with you, examining a different passage from Mark's Passion narrative each day. On Sundays, we turn our attention more directly to the hope of Easter and the promise of resurrection, for each Sunday is an Easter in miniature. Each entry begins with a brief meditation and then moves carefully through the text itself, inviting you to understand more deeply the story that leads to the cross and the resurrection.

Contents

 

Week 1

1. What is Passion Week?   

2. The Triumphal Entry (Mark 11:1-11)  

3. Cursing the Fig Tree (11:12-14)  

4. The Cleansing of the Temple (11:15-17) 

Week 2

The First Sunday of Lent (1 Cor. 15:3-4)  

5. Seeking to Destroy Him (Mark 11:18-19)   

6. The Fig Tree Withered (11:20-21)  

7. Teaching on Faith and Prayer (11:22-25) 

8. By What Authority? (11:27-33)  

9. The Parable of the Tenant Farmers (12:1-12) 

10. Paying Taxes (12:13-17)  

Week 3

The Second Sunday of Lent (1 Cor. 15:5-6) 

11. Belief in the Resurrection (Mark 12:18-27)  

12. Love God (12:28-30)   

13. Love Your Neighbor (12:31-34)   

14. The Son of David (12:35-37)   

15. The Widow’s Offering (12:38-44)

16. An Omnious Prophecy (13:1-4)

Week 4

The Third Sunday of Lent (1 Cor. 5:7-9)

17. Signs of the Times (Mark 13:5-13)

18. The Desecration of the Temple (13:14-20)

19. Days of Tribulation (13:21-25)

20. The Arrival of the Son (13:26-27)

21. The Parable of the Fig Tree (13:28-31)

22. No One Knows (13:32-37)

Week 5

The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Mark 16:1-8)

23. The Anointing of Jesus (14:1-9) 

24. Preparation for the Meal (14:10-15)

25. The Coming Betrayal (14:16-21)

26. The Last Supper (14:22-26)

27. Gethsemane (14:27-33)

28. Extremely Sorrowful (14:34-36)

Week 6

The Fifth Sunday of Lent (John 20:1-5)

29. Watch and Pray (Mark 14:37-42)

30. The Arrest (14:43-52)

31. The Interrogation (14:53-61a)

32. “I am the Son” (14:61b-65)

33. Peter’s Denial (14:66-72) 

34. Jesus’ Silence (15:1-5) 

Week 7

The Sixth Sunday of Lent (Luke 24:36-48)

35. Barabbas (Mark 15:6-15)

36. The Place of a Skull (15:16-23)

37. The Crucifixion (15:24-32)

38. A Cry to God (15:33-37)

39. A Confession of Faith (15:38-39)

40. The Burial (15:40-47)