The Gospel of Mark is, perhaps, the most urgent of the Gospels in its literary form and structure. It gives a fervent, almost raw depiction of Jesus’s life and ministry, presenting powerful scene after powerful scene of his authority, mercy, and sovereignty. In the latter half of the opening chapter, we are shown Jesus’s penchant for doing the unexpected, as he almost invites the hostility of the religious aristocrats by performing various exorcisms and healings. (Mk 1:21–45) While some choose to spend time focusing on Christ’s affinity for speaking life and grace into unclean and undesirable people — and rightly so — perhaps a less noticeable aspect of Jesus’s healings is his outright assault on the works of darkness by taking an aggressive stance against Satan and his cronies through such miracles.