Just picked up the book "The Case for Christ" a couple of days back. And I was astonished to discover Mark & Luke were not part of the 12 disciples. This is very embarrassing since I pride myself to be "beyond-the-basic-knowledge" class of Christian. WRONG!

I have read the four gospels a few times. Well, at least the verses whereby the names of the 12 disciples are stated. YET my eyes and my mind didn't register the fact that Mark & Luke were not part of the 12 disciples.

I had a similar experience 2 yrs ago when I "discovered" that Yahweh/Jehovah is actually Jesus. I was so excited to see the connection and the proof from my Bible study. Only later did I realised almost EVERY Christian already knew that. LOL!