The Christian Gospels The Christian Bible has been a mainstay in society for the past two thousand years. At the heart of this ancient work, one finds the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These Gospels serve as a religious foundation for Christianity as well as a historical record of the time. Faithful followers believe that authors who were possessed by the Holy Spirit, which explains their similarity in style and content, wrote the Bible. However, through archeological findings and scholarly analysis, the origins of the Bible begin to take on a new light. Studies done by modern scholars have sparked some interesting debates about the writings f