If you were going to write a story about Jesus and tell it faithfully and true, how would you start it? Maybe you’d start with a listing of his family tree, as Matthew did. Maybe you’d start with a claim to authentic research and a historically accurate account like Luke did. Maybe you’d start with a doxology of praise proclaiming his greatness like John did. Or maybe you’d start with John the Baptist, his story, and his work. That’s the way Mark starts his account, his good news about Jesus. We want to understand why he starts here. A sermon on Mark 1:1-8.