Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Gospel According to St. Mark
Gospel. - The two deepest longings of our race have been these to know god and to become holy. There are many ways in which men have gradually come to know god, but jesus christ alone reveals god to us with fullness. There are also many means which have been adopted to get rid of the evil in our nature, but jesus christ alone offers sure and certain means for grace, or god's holiness working within us, is freely supplied by our lord.
It is no wonder, then, that the history of jesus christ's life, and the story of the redemption made by Him, is called the Gospel, a word which is derived from two old English words meaning good tidings.' The Earliest Gospel Narratives - The Apostles accompanied our lord on His ministry, which lasted about three years. During that time He must have repeated His sayings to different audiences. These sayings - His doctrines, or teachings - became impressed on the Apostles' memory. They would be sure to have good memories, for men were much more accustomed then to learn by heart than they are now. There were no cheap books of reference (such as we now have) which could be referred to as treasure-houses of information; their memory was their storehouse, and, consequently, it was well accustomed to being filled with facts for future use.
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