I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book.
My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That's what my next album's going to be.
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?
I think the best way to view the Gospels is to view them as a magnificent portrait being painted by Jewish artists to try to capture the essence of a God experience that they believe they had with Jesus of Nazareth.
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.
The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.
Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels?
The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.