The Gospel according to John presents Jesus as the eternal Word of God, who "became a human being and lived among us." This Gospel was written so that its readers might believe that Jesus is the promised Saviour, the Son of God, and that through their faith in him, they may have life. John emphasi...

The word "gospel" is defined as good news. In the New Testament, there are four gospels accounts: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. All four gospels present Jesus as both the Son of God and son of man. The first three gospels written by Matthew, Mark, and Luke are sometimes recognized as t...

Apocrypha means "hidden things" in Greek. Apocrypha in Christianity, which is related to the scriptures of the Lord, was not instituted into the Bible at the time it was created. The clergy who put together the Bible had several reasons for not establishing these writings, such as the pure...

Women in the Gospels of Luke and Letter of Paul The concept of woman always seems to be a delicate topic in all types of literature. Many people believe some passages in the Bible to even portray women as inferior to men. In Paul's letters to the Corinthians, women seem to be beneath men, ...