Mark – action photographer… snap snap snap… He just takes you from scene to scene. Details ??? ehhh…. Just the facts maam!

Luke – Dr. Luke – details??? Is there anything else? It wasn’t just the wind or a hurricane that blew the boat – it was the Noreaster… and how like a doctor to be up and about details. I want my doctor to make precise surgical cuts at the precise place… and not miss. I want my doctor to be able tell me the details about the medicine I am taking – its nature and how often to take it. I don’t want him to get it wrong. So if your read Luke or Acts carefully – you will notice all sorts of things. These details may seem trivial, but they are not. They point to the historicity of the Bible.

Aside: And how like Luke – to be recording the Virgin birth. It’s one thing for any Joe Blow to record this… but how much better that a doctor recorded this? That says something.

Then there is John – the professor… his mind is in the clouds… pondering the grand things… “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…” John probably is a quiet guy. Until of course you press one of his hot buttons… ask that theological question and… his head lights up and then … then you cant get him to shut up. You talk to him about anything else … the NFL, a television show, and he probably will be on the quiet side. Hit that hot button and…

And theres Matthew … he is probably a non stop talkative guy. Yak Yak Yak. Always searching for ways to explain things. If you cant understand something one way – then he will look for another way… Lets try a parable or lets try a story of something that happened in Jesus’ life. Yak. Yak. Yak…

If these four guys lived in a house together. Mark would probably be in the garage. He would be a handy man type of guy. He needs things to do. Gotta keep moving. John would probably be in the office – i.e. his study… a little in isolation. John needs space… especially thinking space. Matthew would be in the living room. Talking talking talking. Luke – he probably would also be in the living room, but he really would be where ever the people are. If they are in the living room. He will be there. If they are in the kitchen, then he will go there. However unlike Matthew, he probably will be listening, listening, listening… being attentive to the details.