Rick Melick Even the most casual reader of the NT notices four Gospels. Since there is only one Gospel message, and Jesus is the only Way to God, do we really need four Gospels? At a deeper level, scholars have differing opinions as to both the provenance of each Gospel and the perspectives of their authors. Christians have always accepted four Gospels. It seems as soon as they were read, each of them was accepted as genuine and valuable to the church. The earliest collections