It is good to have more than one person ready to verify facts, especially when they are well-informed and honest. In the case of the remarkable life of Jesus, we have four accounts written by people close to the source, which we traditionally call the Gospels, because they record the gospel, or good news, about Jesus. After considering their authorship, we look at their overall structure and the curious methods that Jesus used to reveal himself little by little to his followers and to others. These culminated in the crowning acts of his work: his death and resurrection.
Although Christians may suffer much, and many things are against us, we will end up being hyper-victorious in Christ.
Having defended himself from the devil’s temptations, Jesus went on the offensive as the one anointed to deliver people from sin and oppression.
Christians are to be imitators of God, which means to walk in love just as Christ loved us and to avoid the evil of...