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Title: The Good News of Christ: An Introduction to the Gospels


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The Good News of ChristAn Introduction to the
Gospels
  • L.I.F.E. Opening Session
  • Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

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What are the Gospels?
  • Roots of the word gospel
  • Old English god spell, meaning good news
  • Translation of Greek evangelion, proclamation of
    (or to proclaim) good news
  • First used by Mark to mean the message of
    salvation through Jesus Christ
  • Evolution toward literary genre status
  • Gospel of Mark is the first literary gospel

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What are the Gospels?
  • Semi-biographical accounts of history
  • Resemble the stories of Moses and other early
    Hebrew figures
  • Differ from the ancient Greco-Roman biographies
  • Intent To reach a broader audience, not just
    the highborn
  • Evidence of Divine Inspiration?

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The Evolution of the Gospels
  • Written in the koine common Greek of their day
  • Large amounts of repetition (stories and words)
    between Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the synoptic
    gospels
  • Mark gives the bare-bones account, with
    narrative that is sometimes broken and sparse
  • Matthew follows the outline provided by Mark with
    significant additions to narrative
  • Luke writes the most elaborately, using literary
    devices of the day

5
The Origin of the Gospels
  • An earlier source? The Q Question
  • Earlier sources discovered, but none has proved
    to be Q

6
The Gospel of John An Exception
  • Follows a different order of events
  • Significant differences in language, style and
    Christology
  • Last Gospel writtenInfluenced by other accounts
    but also divergent from them

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Knowing Your Evangelists
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The Story of Christs Birth Matthew
  • Genealogy Jesus from house of David
  • Jesus as fulfiller of OT prophecy
  • Baptism of Jesus
  • Temptation and call of Apostles

The Gospel of Matthew The St. Johns Bible
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The Story of Christs BirthMark
  • No birth narrative
  • Opens with announcement of Jesus as Messiah
  • Baptism of Jesus
  • Call of Apostles
  • Recognition of Christ by demoniacs
  • Revelation through miracles

The Gospel of Mark
10
The Story of Christs BirthLuke
  • Opening Birth of John the Baptist
  • Most detailed birth narrative, set in context of
    the great census
  • Strong focus on human emotion/experience
  • Reveals Christ through others

The Gospel of Luke Book of Otto III
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The Story of Christs BirthJohn
  • Jesus as the Word
  • Focus on
  • Word
  • Light/Darkness
  • Humanity/Divinity
  • Eyewitness testimony
  • John the Baptist calls Jesus Lamb of God
  • Call of the Apostles
  • Revelation at Cana

The Gospel of John The Book of Kells
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The Good News of ChristAn Introduction to the
Gospels
  • L.I.F.E. Opening Session
  • Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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