Why Four Gospels? The Four-Fold Portrait of Christ in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
A Series of Radio Messages
By Louis T. Talbot
Pastor, The Church of the Open Door
President, The Bible Institute of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
In this 22 chapter work by Talbot (BIOLA), he looks at the four gospels. He sees the differences between them, identifying each one’s particular audience and character.
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Table of Contents
1. Why Four Gospels? the Four-Fold Portrait of Christ
2. Christ-the King of Israel as Portrayed in the Gospel According to Matthew
3. The Announcement of the Kingdom of Heaven as “at Hand” Mat 3:1-17; Mat 4:1-25
4. The Laws of the Kingdom Matthew 5:1-7:29
5. The Credentials of the King Mat 8:1-34; Mat 9:1-38
6. The Messengers of the King Mat 10:1-42
7. Israel’s Rejection of Her King Mat 11:1-30; Mat 12:1-50
8. Professing Christendom During the Absence of the King Mat 13:1-58
9. Shadows of “the Last Days” Mat 14:1-36; Mat 15:1-39
10. in the Shadow of the Cross Matthew 16:1-20:34
11. The Official Rejection of the King by the Nation of Israel Matthew 21:1-23:39
12. The Last Great Prophetic Utterance of the King Mat 24:1-51; Mat 25:1-46
13.the Suffering, Death, and Burial of the King Mat 26:1-75; Mat 27:1-66
14. The Resurrection of the King Mat 28:1-20
15. Christ-the Servant of Jehovah as Portrayed in the Gospel According to Mark
16. Christ-the Son of Man as Portrayed in the Gospel According to Luke
17. Luke – the Human Author – and His Purpose
18. Luke – the Gospel of the Home
19. Christ-the Son of God as Portrayed in the Gospel According to John
20. The Prologue of John: an Awe-Inspiring Foreview of the Book
21. John’s Presentation of the Four-Fold Portrait of Christ
22. The Four-Fold Portrait of Christ in Retrospect
More Modules from New Testament Studies Category
- Talbot, L.T. – Why Four Gospels? The Four-Fold Portrait of Christ
- Stalker, J. – The Life of Saint Paul
- Feeney Kingdom of God Kingdom of Heaven
- Bullinger A Compilation of Teaching on the Mystery
- Allee Why Did God Inspire Four Gospel Accounts?
More Modules from Luke Tags
- Talbot, L.T. – Why Four Gospels? The Four-Fold Portrait of Christ
- McGarvey, J.W. – The Four-Fold Gospel/Acts
- Ironside Addresses on the Gospel of Luke
- Gray, J.M. – Synthetic Bible Studies of the Books of the NT
- Dennett, E. – Commentary on Selected Books of the Bible (CMT)
- Bellett, J.G. – The Evangelists
- Bellett, J.G. – Notes from Meditations on Luke
- Bellett, J.G. – Meditations upon the Four Gospels
- Arlandson, J.M. – Historical Reliability of the Gospels
More Modules from Bibliology Category
- Talbot, L.T. – Why Four Gospels? The Four-Fold Portrait of Christ
- Stalker, J. – How to Study the Bible
- McAfee A Study of the King James Version of the Bible
- Mauro, P. – Which Version? Authorized or Revised?
- Litke, S. – How We Got the Bible
- Kimble, E. – Prophetic Time Frame in the Day of the Lord Prophecies
- Kimble, E. – Hermeneutical Principles of Progressive Revelation
- Griffith-Thomas, W.H. – How we got our Bible
- Gray Inspiration of the Bible: Definition, Extent, & Proof
- Gaebelein, A.C. – The Harmony of the Prophetic Word
Helpful Tracts for Church Problems Spiritual Watchcare is about church leadership taking spiritual care of the members of their church. Job description, administration, etc.
This study is about what the Bible says to those in the care of spiritual oversight of a local church, and the link here is to tracts for those who are considering different aspects of this.
Select the topics you want to see: (clicking on the links below will open them in another tab in your browser)
- ch22 Pastorless Flocks
- ch45 Grading, a Bible Teacher
- ch39 What should we preach? Sermon topics
- ch23 Paying the Pastor
- ch24 The power of an example
- ch16 Example of the man of God
- ch51 Cowboys versus Shepherds
- ch55 Who runs the Local Church?
- ch64 The Church is not a Circus
- ch31 3Bs of success: buildings, bodies, and bucks
- ch38 Recognizing a good pastor
- ch41 The marks of a bad minister
- ch14 Finding a good church
- ch18 Supporting your Pastor
- ch30 The man of God must not be contentious
- ch19 Marks of a False Prophet
- ch26 Don’t touch the anointed of God
- ch42 Destitution of Pastor
- ch43 Time to leave your church? (for church members)
- ch34 Brethren, we must not fight!
- ch17 Why do I Attend Church?
- ch09 Our One another Relationship