Significance of Spiritual Truths

Evaluate different ways the Kingdom of God might be understood, such as a present reality, a future hope, a personal inner state, and a community.
Analyze the reasons for 1st-century societal attitudes toward disregarded people and contrast them with Jesus' attitudes.
Assess the significance and importance of Jesus’ attitudes to the marginalized for modern Christians.
Evaluate different views on the significance of discipleship and faith as portrayed in Mark’s Gospel.
Analyze differing views on the authority of Jesus’ teaching in Mark relative to modern secular sources of authority.

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