First Word

There are four gospels in the Bible. Actually, there is one gospel in the Bible that is presented in four different ways. That is why the proper title for each of the four is "The Gospel According to…" The blank will then be filled in with Matthew or Mark or Luke or John. There is considerable overlap between them. Today we begin a study of the Gospel According to John. The ministry of Jesus was about three years long. But even Luke, who gives us the delightful and helpful account of the birth of Jesus and his cousin John the Baptist as well as the story of Jesus' brief time in the Temple speaking with the teachers and amazing them with his knowledge and insight, is not giving a biography of Jesus. All four writers are seeking in their own way to call us to faith.