"The Gospels in Their Original Meaning" is a commentary on the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, which examines the reasons for the existence of these great writings. The Gospels are the most important writings of Scripture for Christians. They were composed several decades after the Resurrection to address very important problems in the early Church using the teachings and events of Jesus' public life. Yet most readers treat them as biographies about Jesus and never examine the meanings that caused them to be written. In this book, the interpretation is related to those very important questions that could only be answered by a selection and arrangement of Jesus' won word and actions. To examine the writings in terms of their purpose does not eliminate the great interpretations related to Jesus' public life. Rather, it adds another layer of meaning that comes from the actual Gospels arrangements by later Christians. In seeing how these stories of Jesus were used by early Christians, we tend to see more clearly how they should be used for Christian witness in our own time.