The Beginning of Good News

Share a commentThe Gospels don’t give us everything we might want about Jesus, but they give us exactly what we need to be convinced. We’re starting a wisdom journey through the New Testament by setting a clear map for where we’re headed, why the word “gospel” really is good news, and how the writers record Spirit-led, eyewitness-rooted accounts meant to lead to belief and life.We also explain why we’re taking a chronological approach through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Reading the events in sequence cuts through confusion, reduces repetition, and helps you experience what it could have felt like to follow Jesus from the first steps of His ministry to the cross, the resurrection, and the ascension. If you’ve ever felt lost when reading the Bible, this simple plan gives you a steady path.Then we open with John’s bold front door in John 1, where Jesus is introduced not as a mere teacher, but as the eternal Word. We walk through what it means that “the Word was with God” and “the Word was God,” why Logos can be understood as God’s explanation made visible, and how John ties Jesus directly to creation itself. If Jesus is the Creator, the rest of the Bible’s claims about sin, salvation, hope, and eternity suddenly carry a different weight, and the question becomes personal: what place does the King of the universe have in my life?If this helped you think more clearly about Jesus and the Gospel of John, subscribe, share this with a friend who’s curious, and leave a review so more people can find the journey. Learn more at https://www.wisdomonline.org/Support the show