In a Nutshell

• We are all sinners.
• The con­se­quence of our sin is eter­nal sep­a­ra­tion from God.
• God loves us so much He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for our sin.
• If we believe and con­fess this, we are saved.
• For the rest of our time on Earth, God wants to reveal Him­self to us – this hap­pens by talk­ing to Him (prayer), study­ing His Word (the Bible), and going through life with oth­er believ­ers (fel­low­ship).

The gospels are the first four books of the New Tes­ta­ment. Each gospel is attrib­uted to a tra­di­tion­al author: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The gospels tell the sto­ry of the life, teach­ings, death, and res­ur­rec­tion of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Each gospel has a unique per­spec­tive and style, but they also share many sim­i­lar­i­ties. All four gospels include accounts of Jesus’ birth, bap­tism, teach­ings, mir­a­cles, cru­ci­fix­ion, and res­ur­rec­tion. How­ev­er, they also have dis­tinct emphases and themes:

• Matthew presents Jesus as the ful­fill­ment of Jew­ish prophe­cy, empha­siz­ing His teach­ing and the impor­tance of fol­low­ing His commandments.
• Mark focus­es on Jesus’ actions and mir­a­cles, empha­siz­ing His divine pow­er and the impor­tance of faith. 
• Luke high­lights Jesus’ com­pas­sion for the poor, mar­gin­al­ized, and out­cast and shows He is the Sav­ior of all people. 
• John empha­sizes Jesus’ divin­i­ty and His close rela­tion­ship with God the Father and focus­es on the spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance of Jesus’ life and teachings.

Whether you are a life­long Chris­t­ian or new to the faith, we invite you to join as we study the Bible verse-by-verse, chap­ter-by-chap­ter, book-by-book through the gospels. We believe study­ing this way gives an in-depth insight into the con­text, cohe­sive mes­sage, and over­all themes and helps us to avoid tak­ing vers­es out of con­text. By study­ing the Bible in its entire­ty, we can bet­ter apply its teach­ings to our lives, share it with oth­ers, and devel­op a deep under­stand­ing of God’s Word and the ​“Good News” Jesus gave us!