Bible Text: Mark 1:1-11 | Preacher: Vic Stander | Series: The Gospel of Mark | The opening scene of a great movie is never accidental. Just like the first pages of a great book, they are deliberate, carefully crafted and set the course for the story ahead. As we launch into a series of sermons based on the Gospel of Mark, what are the words, phrases, and pictures that we are to understand Mark to be communicating to us about this man Jesus from Nazareth?