How well do you know the Gospels? Who was the man who ran naked from the garden of Gethsemane? What did Peter and Jesus talk about when Jesus appeared to him after the resurrection? For Jack Mahoney, the Gospels are a patchwork quilt presenting the 'nuclear truth' of Jesus' resurrection. In Glimpses of the Gospel he makes accessible to the reader the patchwork unity of the Gospel story; tracing major themes, parables and moments across the Gospels, analysing what changes from gospel to gospel, and showing how the differences between gospel accounts can shed valuable light on the enduring questions of Christians.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Getting the Point
  • Giving to Caesar
  • Grounds for Divorce in Matthew
  • Our Daily Bread
  • Unfair to Grape Pickers?
  • Hidden Treasure and Precious Pearl
  • God Being ‘With’ Us
  • ‘And With Your Spirit’?
• Chapter 2: Understanding the Sermon on the Mount
  • The Background to the Sermon
  • A New Pentateuch
  • The ‘Text’ of the Sermon
  • Being Disciples of Jesus
  • Morality from the Heart
  • Devotional Practices
  • Total Trust in God
  • The Golden Rule
  • Living the Sermon on the Mount
• Chapter 3: Jesus and the Commandments
  • Jesus and the Decalogue
  • Jesus and the Great Commandment
  • Why a ‘New’ Commandment
• Chapter 4: Filling Gaps in the Gospel
  • The Apocryphal Gospels
  • Patron Saints for Advent
  • On Not Being One of the Other Nine
  • Learning from Zacchaeus
• Chapter 5: Keeping Lent with Luke
  • Understanding Lent
  • The Tempting of Jesus
  • The Transfiguration of Jesus
  • The Need to ‘Repent or Perish’
  • The Prodigal Son and his Furious Brother
  • The Adulteress Forgiven
  • The Passion According to Luke
• Chapter 6: Christ is Risen, Alleluia!
  • The Resurrection according to Luke
  • Jesus After the Resurrection
  • The Risen Jesus and his Mother
  • The Ascension and Pentecost with Luke
  • ‘Come, Lord Jesus’: Persevering in Prayer