Reading the Gospels Together Points of Contact among the storylines – Part 3 The first point of contact is not really an event in the story but to consider how each of the four gospel writers chose to begin their gospel. We might call it, “How do you begin a gospel?” Each of the gospel writers had to make a decision about how to begin their story. Listening to how each begins and then asking why they made that choice will be an interesting topic. The first actual point of contact in the events of the story is the connection between “Jesus and John the Baptist.” Some of this overlaps with the previous point of contact since Mark and John begin their gospels with this event and Luke intertwines his story of the birth of Jesus with that of John the Baptist. The next point of contact is the story of the “Baptism/Anointing and Testing of Jesus” which is also connected with the ministry of John the Baptist. The next point of contact is the “Movement of Jesus to Galilee” and the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus. Next we have stories centered on “The Call of Disciples.”