The thing that makes social media so effective is that you can scroll for about 5 minutes and process about 50 posts. The information is in bite sized pieces. If you want to dive deeper, you can. It comes at you fast and quick. Through words, pictures, or video you get the gist of many stories. It is designed for today’s fast paced life. As I was preparing for our new series on the Gospel of Mark, that is what I kept thinking of, a social media news feed. The style and pace of this gospel is like that. It moves quick, fast, and gives you concise detailed information. It’s like a first century twitter feed. But to really appreciate this series, we must start with a solid understanding of why this Gospel is so important, arguably the most important of the four gospels.
