gospels

How strange it is, when one comes to consider it, that the impression of absolute perfection, free from all limitations of race or country or epoch or individual character -- and yet not a vague abstraction but a true living Person -- has been printed upon the minds and hearts of the world by these four little pamphlets which we call gospels!

Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868

And they should be running away from this Rev Garner, because his courage in FINALLY stepping out and standing up to this evangelical bastardization of the gospels is going to likely start a trend.

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While the gospels in the New Testament are about telling the story of Jesus, the point of the gospels is not found within in the narrative, that is, by reading, studying and learning the order of events.

Jan 09 Round Table: The New Testament for Windows, Mac OS and Linux Ben Abraham 2009

While the gospels in the New Testament are about telling the story of Jesus, the point of the gospels is not found within in the narrative, that is, by reading, studying and learning the order of events.

Archive 2009-01-01 Ben Abraham 2009

They called their gospels heresy, and the Nag Hammadi texts were hidden for two thousand years.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Nag Hammadi is the source of the off-label gospels the pope and his merry minions since the 4th century have tried to prevent the rest of us from reading.

A Sense Of Whimsy, And Funking It Up PeaceBang 2006

Now let’s look at the gospels from a historical perspective; a. Mark has Jesus appearing before the Sanhedrin at the palace of the high priest (Mark 14: 53), when historically the Sanhedrin met at the Beth Din, a part of the Jerusalem temple.

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So, if it is true, as the scriptures claim, that Jesus' resurrection is the first resurrection of the general resurrection of all the dead that will happen on "the last day," then what we have in the resurrection appearances of Jesus recorded in the gospels is a portrait of what it is that human identity consists of.

Scott MacDougall: Who Am I? Bodies, Souls And Identity Scott MacDougall 2012

So, if it is true, as the scriptures claim, that Jesus' resurrection is the first resurrection of the general resurrection of all the dead that will happen on "the last day," then what we have in the resurrection appearances of Jesus recorded in the gospels is a portrait of what it is that human identity consists of.

Scott MacDougall: Who Am I? Bodies, Souls And Identity Scott MacDougall 2012

What control do you have that assures you that the Jesus of the gospels is the Jesus Paul preached of?

Intelligently-Designed Narratives: Mythicism as History-Stopper James F. McGrath 2010