The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ

"Jesus wrote no autobiography.  He left nothing in writing at all.  He committed himself and his teaching simply to the hearts and memories of the men who knew and loved him.  And they did not fail him.  The four little books that we call Gospels are our primary and practically our only sources of information about the life and the words that have changed the world.  We may wish the story had been told with greater fullness and detail; but we know that, short as it is, it is enough.  It has given Christ to every race and age." (excerpt from Chapter 1: The Making of the Gospels)