The End of Mark’s Gospel and Biblical Integrity (Bob Wriedt)

12.31.23 | Pastor Bob concludes the series in the Gospel of Mark and teaches from Mark 16:9-20.

Note: This week at Grace, we're finishing the Gospel of Mark after 57 weeks.

But Mark ends on an odd note - with a passage that is disputed about whether it was originally there or not. What we know as "Mark 16:9-20" seems to have been added sometime after the original book of Mark was written, with an unknown editor borrowing some verses from the other gospels to "improve" Mark's ending.

So, why listen to a sermon on something that isn't truly biblical? Because it gives us a chance to address some commonly misunderstood issues of the Bible: where it came from, how we got the Bible that is in our hands, and why we can have confidence in the Scriptures.