Luke-Acts are just one of four different books that recount the Gospel of Jesus. No other part of the Bible uses four different books to tell the same story. While it is true that the Gospels all repeat the same basic story, one right after the other, each telling of the story is different, not in the facts presented, but in the perspective from which they are told. We have chosen Luke-Acts as it gives us one of the most unified stories that doesn’t end with Jesus’ life, but follows it into the movement of people who followed Him.
Luke was a highly educated physician, a Gentile, and a skilled storyteller; Matthew was a tax collector — the lowest of the low in Jewish society — but more importantly, he was an author who takes special care to show the historical and prophetic significance of Christ; Mark attempts to show the power of Jesus and prove that He is the Messiah; and John chooses to focus more on spiritual themes that Christ’s life presents rather than the historical significance.
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