The Synoptic Gospels regularly describe the way one enters the kingdom of God. The Synoptics rarely in these contexts explicitly mention faith. The Gospels do not imply that people merit eternal life and the kingdom; nevertheless, active obedience provides the gateway to life. The article draws attention to the way the Gospels framed the doctrine of salvation (soteriology).
How should the relationship between the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John be understood? This essay surveys the arguments in most recent debates concerning John’s relationship to the Synoptic Gospels.
Jesus demonstrated his awareness of his deity throughout his ministry. Doriani indicates the importance of Jesus' implicit claims to deity in the synoptic gospels.
This is an introduction to the central theme of Jesus’ ministry according to the Synoptic Gospels, the coming of the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven. Ridderbos also gives an overview of the fierce controversies over the character of this kingdom as it occurred in the first half of the twentieth century.
