Mark

So we have an assignment in my New Testament class involving each of the four Gospels. We are studying each one in turn, and as we finish each, we are to write a creed from the point of view of the specific Gospel writer. So, we just finished Mark, and I wrote a Markan Creed. 

Go now,
     Go and follow,
          Go preach what has been heard:
Out with the old
     Out with dusty prayers
          Out with rigid divisive laws
Demand change
     Desire the kingdom
          Demons, sickness, and death can no longer stand

By meeting Jesus
     By seeing him even crucified
          By acting, seeing, following, there is
Resurrection!
     Redemption!
          Rejoice!
Expect now apocalypse 
     Expect now newness
          Expect now salvation
Abandon your old life
     And move forward
          And preach repentance
Knead dough worthy
     Knead dough not of Herod or Pharisee
           Knead dough of Christ
Sown now are the seeds, though
     Seeds fall on different soils, and
           Soils determine the harvest.

Tell others
     Teach what he taught
          Tell all the world what he has done:
He spoke in parables
     He healed, he taught, he gave,
          He goes ahead to Galilee
Run to
     Run towards
           Run forward
Onward, followers
     Onward believers,
           Onward seekers!
Unbelief, if ye have it, cast aside!
     Unbelief will be your downfall
            Unbelief keeps you from healing
Go ahead 
     Go forward
           Galilee brings the promise:
Hope given for change;
     He waits ahead for us
           He promises the reign of God.