week 6 db forum3

Having read through the four Gospels from beginning to end as four individual stories about Jesus, you will now be able to write a blog in which you describe and defend a particular imagery or lens, through which your Gospel writer has portrayed or characterized Jesus in his story. You are assigned a Gospel on which to work based on the first letter of your last name. Your thread must be at least 400 words.

The Gospel of Luke

Luke is traditionally accredited to writing this Gospel along with the Book of Acts. According to Black, Luke becomes the best choice for the author of the book (p. 169). He was a Gentile Christian, a physician (Col. 4:414) and Paul's traveling companion during his mission trips. “He was known to be an accurate historian with an excellent use of Greek (p. 169).” “He intended that his Gospel and Acts serve as a single volume dealing with the beginning and growth of the early church” (p. 169).

This is the longest single book of the New Testament and if adding the contents from Acts, Luke can be accredited with more than half New Testament content (Black, p.169).

During the writer’s introductory statement of this book, he provides insight on the research methodology that he used to create the account of this synoptic book. He mentioned that he carefully investigated everything from the beginning in order to write an orderly account so that reader may know the certainty of the things they have been taught (Luke 1:3).

He is articulated and provided additional explanation

Articulated the circumstances around John the Baptist’s birth…

The book was addressed to Theophilus, who was an honorary title meaning friend of God or beloved by God that could arguably represent the Gentile population thus implying the universality of the Gospel message.

The book was potentially written when the persecution of the church was escalating.

One of the items that I noticed was the emphasis on…

“The narrative provided in the Gospel of Luke demonstrates how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament prophecies…

and how it creates a parallel between God and His people. The kingdom of God has a universal applicability and now is expanded to his new people that includes women (10:38-42; 23:27-31; 23:55-24:11), outsiders, moral and social outcasts, poor, and sinners, bringing them from condemnation into restoration.

It does not void or dismiss the connection to the Old Covenant, it provides a bridge into the New Covenant. The minis

Extensive genealogy of Jesus

Focused on the humanity of Jesus (tempted, hungry 4:1-2),

Temple discussions when Jesus was 12 years old.

The conscientious historical focus of Luke emphasizes a message directed toward a Hellenistic population who advocated good history and its beneficial application (Squires, 2007, 160).

Historical anecdotes and geographical references

Dr. R. Wayne Stacy, Mark, In “Overview of The Four Gospels”, 2018, PowerPoint Presentation. https://learn.liberty.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-30433745-dt-content-rid-364918724_1/courses/NBST515_D02_201920/NBST515_LUO_8wk_MASTER_ImportedContent_20181129053324/Presentations/NBST515%20iSpring%20Presentations/NBST515%20Module%206%20Overview%20of%20Four%20Gospels%20%28LMS%29/res/html5.html