Gospel.com Topics Feed - In The Beginning Was The Word 2009-09-18T10:49:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/in+the+beginning+was+the+word/ In the beginning was the Word - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:1&version=NIV 2009-09-18T10:49:57-05:00 John opens his gospel with the words, in the beginning was the Word. The Word--in this passage--is Jesus. John lays out the case for Christ being the Son of God and begins by arguing that Jesus was present at the very beginning of it all.