Over the last several months we have been going through the book of Luke at our group meetings as well as privately. It has been a fascinating rediscovery of the life, and teaching of Jesus. Often times we relegate the simple parables and miracle stories to sunday school and we save the deep theological stuff of Paul for the when we are strong "Christians". I think I understand part of the reason that we tend to love the epistles and bypass the Gospels. Given some simple logic and reasoning skills you can make pretty good sense of Paul even in the difficult passages. Jesus in the Gospels on the other hand will turn your world upside down until all the blood rushes to your head and you think you are going to pass out. Does anyone beyond a shadow of a doubt know what we are supposed to do with the Beatitudes or how about in chapter 8 of Luke when he says "No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him." All this to say I encourage you to really study the Gospels they will knock your socks off and leave you asking a lot of questions, and despite what anyone says questions are good they will make you dig deeper into the scriptures for answers.