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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2025 · 18 MIN

Behold the Christ: Seeing Jesus Clearly

from Pleasing God Podcast · host Jonathan Sole

Send a textWe explore why clarity about Jesus in the Gospel of Mark is the key to steady discipleship and how a sermon-shaped book, Behold the Christ, can help believers behold him rather than blur him. We share the pastoral burden, structure, and practical ways churches and groups can use it well.• Why the question “Who do you say Jesus is?” matters most• Why sequential exposition through Mark sharpens the vision of Christ• how Mark 8’s two-stage healing mirrors discipleship growth• what “behold” means in a distracted age• the portrait of Jesus in Mark as servant, teacher, Son of Man, crucified King• how the book is structured from sermons with reflection prompts• use cases for church members, small groups, and pastors• why clarity about Christ produces stability in life and ministry• ordinary means of grace over novelty and trends• practical steps to read Mark with the book open beside your BibleYou can search the books listed on Amazon. The title is Behold the Christ: Seeing Jesus Clearly in the Gospel of Mark. You can go to my website, pleasinggodministries.org, and find a link there to the book. I’ll list it in the show notes here. If you do read it, get your hands on it, and find it helpful, let me encourage you: share it with someone else. Consider leaving a review. It genuinely helps others to discover it as well.Buy the book here. Support the showStock Music provided by wolfgangwoehrle, from Pond5 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter here: Jonathan’s Substack | Jonathan Sole | Substack

Send a text We explore why clarity about Jesus in the Gospel of Mark is the key to steady discipleship and how a sermon-shaped book, Behold the Christ, can help believers behold him rather than blur him. We share the pastoral burden, structure, and practical ways churches and groups can use it well. • Why the question “Who do you say Jesus is?” matters most • Why sequential exposition through Mark sharpens the vision of Christ • how Mark 8’s two-stage healing mirrors discipleship growth • wh...

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Send a textWe explore why clarity about Jesus in the Gospel of Mark is the key to steady discipleship and how a sermon-shaped book, Behold the Christ, can help believers behold him rather than blur him. We share the pastoral burden, structure, and...

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