| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
| Notice: | Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome! |
| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1362 |
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Matthew
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This gospel features the birth story and the visit of the Magi and the star.
It is believed to have been written with Jews as the intended audience.
The reasoning behind this is that many Jewish customs are left unexplained,
thus assuming the audience is already familiar with the customs.
Mark
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The shortest gospel. Tradition tells us that Mark recorded the dictation
of Peter.
Some speculate that Mark is the same as John Mark in Acts.
Luke
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This gospel also features the birth story and the appearance of angels to
shepherds.
Luke is uncommonly kind to women. More than any other gospel, Luke
exhibits extraordinary compassion for the poor and for the outcast.
While echoing much of the material in Mark and Matthew, Luke also contains
much information not included in Matthew or Mark.
The author is almost universally accepted as the same author of the Acts
(of the Apostles).
John
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John is a departure from the other gospels. Very few events overlap the
accounts of the other three gospels.
This gospel was the subject of much debate and was nearly excluded from the
canon. It's authorship by an apostle was called into question and some parts
of it were thought to be suspiciously Gnostic.
Many of the phases most familiar to Christians can only be found in this
gospel: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes..."
"For God so loved the world...."
"You must be born again...."
"He must increase. I must decrease...."
Peace,
Richard
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| 393.1 | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Peace: the Final Frontier | Wed Jan 22 1992 22:38 | 23 | |
The author of the third gospel is traditionally accepted as a contemporary of Paul's (formerly Saul of Tarsus). Luke is mentioned in two of Paul's letters: II Timothy *********************** world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. *********************** Colossians *********************** 4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea and them in Hierapolis. 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. *********************** Peace, Richard | |||||
| 393.2 | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Peace: the Final Frontier | Wed Jan 22 1992 22:39 | 25 | |
Matthew, for whom the first gospel is named, is called Levi in the gospels of Luke and Mark. Before becoming one of Jesus' disciples, Matthew, aka Levi, was a tax collector: Document: bible$disk:[bible.nt]03-luke--5.kjv-split;1 *********************** 5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. *********************** Document: bible$disk:[bible.nt]02-mark--2.kjv-split;1 *********************** 2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. *********************** Peace, Richard | |||||