The Gospel writers offer four different windows into the life and ministry of Jesus. Each was written by a different author to a specific audience that struggled to walk with God during the stresses and waves of persecution assailed the early church. Though each was unique, they followed a pattern that can best be discerned by "harmonizing" the story. These lessons are designed to help a modern follower of Jesus apply His example and His instruction in the daily grind of the modern disciple. Each includes a dynamic key principle, and the course of the lessons follow a general harmonized life...

One of the great stories of the Hebrew Scriptures is that of the patriarch Joseph. Beloved eleventh son of Jacob and firstborn of his mother Rachel, his life began with warmth and great promise as well as a special divine enabling manifested in dreams. Yet his jealous brothers were driven by rage to change his life, and he became a slave, sold into bondage in Egypt. Perhaps more than any other Biblical character, Joseph seems to have conquered bitterness, and learned how to accept difficulty as from God's hand. He did not resign to fatalism; he thrived amid the tough times and came through it...