Alright, so here’s the lowdown on Mark 1. We meet the main character of this whole saga – John the Baptist, who’s out in the desert preaching repentance and telling everyone to get ready for the Messiah. Enter Jesus, who’s baptized by John, and then heads out on the road doing all sorts of miracles and healing people and whatnot. He also goes around preaching about the kingdom of God, and gathering a few disciples to follow him. Finally, he ends up in a synagogue casting out a demon, which I guess was a pretty controversial move.