The Gospel of Mark

Sunday September 16th I'll begin preaching through Mark's Gospel. The Gospel of Mark is one of the 3 "synoptic" gospels. Here's a pretty good and very brief explanation of what this means, from wikipedia:
In the Christian Bible, in the part known as the New Testament, the first four books are known as the gospels, while the first three of these, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are so similar that they are sometimes referred to as the synoptic gospels (from Greek, συν, syn, together, and όπσις, opsis, seeing). These gospels often recount the same stories about Jesus, generally follow the same sequence and, often use the same or similar wording. The synoptic gospels are also often contrasted with the Gospel according to John.