Father Ronald Cox's The Gospel Story contained the whole story of the Life of Christ told in the words of the Evangelists, printed on the left hand pages; his Commentary on the right-hand pages, directly opposite the Scripture text. Students immediately saw the advantage of this arrangement: One book to work from, open in one place, no searching for references, etc.

This book is a prequel to It is Paul Who Writes. It covers text in Scripture prior to the Descent of the Holy Ghost. The arrangement of the books is the same. Again the Scripture translation of Msgr. Ronald Knox is used, with a few alterations which he approved.