The name for John's Gospel used by those who are uncertain about whether they think the Gospel was by John (either the evangelist or the elder).

A word that comes from an Old English word 'godspell' meaning good news. It can be used to refer either to the content of the good news (in other words the general message of good news that comes from Jesus) or to a document which lays out...

Father Christmas reveals the world’s conditional love, whilst the gospel reveals God’s unconditional love.

Christians have always looked to Isaiah for a deeper understanding of the person and mission of Jesus. Since the early days of the Church, Isaiah has been called the fifth Gospel.

John's Gospel is the odd one out. The others – Matthew, Mark and Luke – are called the 'synoptics', from the Greek meaning 'with the same eyes' – they share many of the same stories and sometimes even tell them in the s...

Introduce your pupils to passages from the Gospels and the Old Testament and go deeper into well-known stories with these class discussion resources for KS1 and KS2.

The Gospel of Luke has been my favourite for a variety of reasons. The verse that has meant so much to me for decades is Luke 24.15, “Jesus himself came up and walked along with them”. Jesus met them when they were going in the wrong direction, a...

‘The Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15.11–32), for me, encapsulates the gospel. Regardless of where you're at in your faith, the message is difficult to accept because it talks about grace, which everyone struggles with a bit. For me that is ...

The World Cup made many of us more aware of the conditions endured by migrant workers in the Gulf countries. In the year that followed, Bible Society has reached thousands there with the gospel.

I suspect more people than usual will currently be asking this question. Christians naturally turn to the Bible, yet the Bible offers no seamless answer to the problem of pain. It speaks in stories and images, and tackles this thorny issue in more wa...

Thanks to your support, John’s Gospel and copies of the New Testament in 14 different languages will be distributed during the World Cup finals that kick off in Qatar on 20 November.

Trusting the Bible is a podcast series by Tyndale House, Cambridge and Bible Society featuring conversations with experts in biblical studies. In this series, we’re exploring the reliability, relevance and reality of the four Gospels.

Dutch art, TED talks and the Gospels – they all feature in theologian Marijke Hoek's exploration of Jesus' acts of mercy and how we can respond. 

John’s Gospel is the most reflective and overtly theological of all the Gospels. It begins with a beautiful poem on the Word made flesh and continues to interweave stories about Jesus with deep theological reflections on what he means. The stories ...

Jesus' words in the last verses of Matthew's Gospel have driven Christian mission for centuries. The gospel isn't just for us, it's for everyone.

The phrase 'the disciple that Jesus loved' or its variants is used six times in John's Gospel. This disciple is identified in John 21.24 as the author of John's Gospel (also known as the fourth Gospel). Christian tradition ident...

Otherwise known as Matthew the evangelist. One of the 12 disciples of Jesus. In Matthew's Gospel his name is given as Matthew a tax collector (9.9); in Luke 5.27 and Mark 2.14 the tax collector called to be a disciple was called Levi. Christi...

Matthew’s Gospel, like all of the Gospels, tells the story of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Matthew's emphasis is particularly Hebrew. He quotes regularly from the Old Testament and shows how Jesus fulfilled the expectations of God’...

Mark’s Gospel, like all of the Gospels, tells the story of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Mark places a particular emphasis both on discipleship and on walking the way of the cross in the footsteps of Jesus. Strikingly, it has neither any b...

Luke’s Gospel, like all of the Gospels, tells the story of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke’s Gospel is often said to have been written for a more Gentile audience, though it is important to recognise that the author knew a lot about J...