In a sense, the opening of a story often makes an implicit promise, or at least an invitation, hinting at what will come in order to both to invite the reader into the story and prepare the reader for what will come. The same is true of the four gospels in the New Testament.
Read MoreThere are four books in the New Testament that are called Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Christians throughout the church's history have agreed that each gospel was first addressed to a particular Christian community that was trying to understand how the various stories of Jesus that circulated in the early church could help them understand their life as a community of believers in light of their particular context and challenges.
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