Gospel of John

The four Gospels of the New Testament portray Jesus very humanly. They are biographies of Jesus’ life from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The purpose of the Gospels is to share the news of Jesus, His birth, His life, His teachings, His death, and His resurrection. Within all four Gospels, He is portrayed as many leaders, kings, and saviors, although, after reading all four, He is one with all, He is Christ. Three of the four Gospels are considered to be the synoptic gospels, because in the end they…

The purpose of the synoptic Gospels is to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible. The writers of the Gospels do this by targeting specific audiences in each of their writings and by also presenting a very specific image of who Jesus Christ was. The Gospel of Mark, thought to be the first Gospel written, spreads the message of Jesus by presenting him as a mysterious man. Mark’s intended audience was mainly the Gentile people who would have been hearing about Jesus for…

However, as the semester has progressed I found myself being engrossed in my daily readings and developing a stronger testimony in Jesus Christ each and every day. Whether it was learning about the background of each author, who they wrote their gospel for, the difference…

This essay will look at the Didache, it will start by looking at what the Didache is. Then looking at each part separately and discussing the contents, it will summarise each section of the Didache before analysing the possible use. It will then discuss how and why this is important for contemporary church historians. The Didache is quite a short work which is written in a very straightforward, practical way. It was thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 1873 by Archbishop Bryennios, in…

I find the discussion on this point tedious. After two thousand years- what can be refuted or disproved certainly would be. As pointed out in chapter 4 of ‘Life of Jesus’- “Mainstream experts overwhelmingly agree that the core of the gospel narrative is historically sound.” Our neighbors here with in West Michigan (and our peers throughout most of The U.S.) have certainly heard His message, and I have taken their ‘intellectual’ rejection of it with a heavy sigh and heavier heart. It…

film through a historically critical perspective, it is arguable that if it had been created with an outlook of the Gospels as historical texts, rather than sacred scripture, a majority of elements would be characterized differently. In case, many components of the film are questionable in their historical accuracy. Further, scholars generally agree that the authors of the Gospels were not eyewitnesses to encompassing events throughout, but rather were part an already established, growing…

Luke 4:1-13. The film copies the story very well, but in their way. By their way, I mean their culture and how they view it. Another part is the Last Supper and Judas’ betrayal at the dinner. The Last Supper is in Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, and John 13. They put their own twist on The Last Supper. Son of Man diverges creatively from the text by the director and producer heavily incorporating their culture and history into the film. The entire cast was from South Africa. They also filmed the…

one, including myself, to effectively improve upon their understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. To begin with, I would like to discuss some of the new knowledge I was exposed to throughout the course. At the most basic level, I had no idea that each gospel…

how different books of the Bible illuminate those different characteristics in their own unique way. This paper will be focusing on the four gospels and one portrait they each bring to focus in their respective books. In the book of Matthew, the book is catered to the Jewish Christians which explains why Matthew is the most Jewish gospel out of the four gospels. Matthew accomplishes showing the connection between the old and new covenants in the New and Old Testament. It also gives the reader a…

For my final film, I watched a play called The Gospel Project. It was performed by Justin Poole and Jim Clemens. Since I saw this in February, I emailed Justin to ask him a few questions about the play. I first asked him how the play stick to the texts in the Gospels. He relied heavily on three versions: King James, New International Version, and New Living Translation. He said in his email that he took from these three versions because he wanted to take “words from a variety of these…