Among the Gospels and the Acts being notes and comments covering the life of Christ in the flesh and the first thirty years' history of His church

In this work, Peter Ainslie provides an excellent Bible reading companion by breaking up the Gospels and Acts into manageable sections and providing commentary on each section. For each book, he offers a brief survey of its contents, authorship, date, and similar considerations. The divisions of the book are laid out, along with a unique system of marking and underlining the text so that key concepts stand out. He then proceeds through the book section by section, offering notes on historical and cultural background, application, and keen observations along the way. Each division concludes with a prayer and a number of questions for review purposes.

Foreword to the Print Edition
In the preparation of this work, which has been done here and there amid the cares of a busy ministry, I have sought to make a practical classification of the material in the Gospels and the Acts, with no attempt at being exhaustive or critical, but simply presenting a common-sense plan of study as an aid to busy people who desire a larger knowledge of the Word, which is God’s lamp unto our feet.

While I have freely consulted many authorities, I have sought most of all to conform to the spirit and the genius of these sacred records of our Lord when He dwelt among us in the flesh and of the planting of His Church for the saving of the lost world. In no sense is this book to be studied in preference to the Gospels and the Acts. This is only to introduce the student to the more careful study of the Holy Oracles themselves. This can only take you to the door; your study of the Word itself will take you beyond the threshold. If this book serves to that end it will have accomplished the purpose of its preparation. To the Divine Sower this is committed as being only a handful of seed that may bring fruit to His glory.

Peter Ainslie.
Baltimore, 1908.

About the Author
(Excerpted from Who's Who in Christian History)

AINSLIE, PETER (1867–1934)
American ecumenist

Ainslie, a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), pastored a large church in Baltimore, Maryland, for most of his life, but was better known for his labors on behalf of Christian unity. Ainslie’s life spanned the period of the Restoration (or “Christian”) Movement, out of which came the more open Disciples of Christ.

Alexander Campbell (1788–1866), an early leader of the Restoration Movement, had proposed a unity of all believers around what he saw as simple New Testament Christianity. Ainslie led the way in applying that idea in the modern ecumenical movement. He edited the Christian Union Quarterly for many years and was president of the Association for the Promotion of Christian Unity from 1910 to 1925. His many books arguing for cooperation among believers included The Message of the Disciples for the Union of the Church (1913). Said Ainslie, “Henceforth let no man glory in his denomination; that is sectarianism; but let men glory in Christ and practice brotherhood; that is Christianity.”

M. A. Noll