The Four Gospels

The artist has incorporated a beauty-education purpose in each glass to aesthetically and intellectually enhance worship.

Each glass is designed to incite a child to ask “What is that?” or “What does that mean?” This educational concept is well rooted in the Old Testament philosophy of religious instruction (Exodus 12:26, Joshua 4:6). Especially at the bottom of each glass, which is closer to a child's eye level, are symbols that can more easily be seen as well as touched by a child.
 
The Greek titles of the gospels have been used in order to be instructive as well as authentic as possible.
 
A separate creature (lion, ox, eagle, and man) will be found on each glass that represents one of the various manifestations of Jesus as uniquely portrayed by the gospel writers. These creatures appear in both the Old and New Testaments (Ezekiel 10:1, Revelation 4:7), and the early church writers applied these four creatures to the four gospels (Jukes, Andrew. The Characteristic Differences of the Four Gospels. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1853).
 
Often only the most familiar, unique features of a book are represented.
 
Each glass has been critiqued by New Testament scholars as well as an art historian to insure the highest level of professional work.
 
The windows were originally placed where the clear glass is now located between the sanctuary and the foyer. When the new addition to the Church was added in 1991, the stained glass windows were moved to the Gospel Chapel.