The aim of this book is to help you read more competently and so experience more richly the four New Testament Gospels as the original and still most helpful catechetical resources we have for deepening our relationship with Jesus and growing in our understanding of our Christian beliefs and practice.

Part 1, God's Good News, provides some necessary background material about the New Testament social world that will allow you to understand better the historical situation in which the Gospels were composed and what the authors were trying to accomplish through their...