Preaching the Gospel of John: Proclaiming the Living WordIn this accessible treatment of the major themes of the Gospel of John, renowned New Testament scholar Lamar Williamson blends the best of biblical scholarship and a close reading of the Fourth Gospel to meet the practical needs of weekly preaching. A more reflective Gospel in which the risen Jesus speaks in signs and discourses, John does not simply tell stories, but allows us to experience the Word and to see Jesus offering living water to the aridity of the institutional church and bread to the hungry hearts of individual disciples. More than mere exposition,Preaching the Gospel of Johnincludes at the end of each passage three to five possibilities for preaching the text--creative and pertinent suggestions that can help preachers apply the words of the Fourth Gospel to the lives of today's churchgoers. Proclaiming the living Word is a major theme of the Gospel of John, and this clear and insightful commentary captures that message in the preaching moment. |
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... Christian faith are found in the Fourth Gospel : God so loved the world that he gave his only Son , so that every- one who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life . ( 3:16 ) If you continue in my word , you are truly my ...
... Christian theology . Five of them appear in these first five verses : Word , God , life , light , and darkness ... Christ , logos does not appear again in the Gospel of John in its weighty , theological sense . The meaning of the other ...
... Christ and therefore turn away from his light ( 1 : 10c ) . The last usage of " world " is introduced here for the first time.4 The term is used more than seventy - five times in the Fourth Gospel , far more often than in all the ...
... Christ have received , then is not used again in the Fourth Gospel . Grace is contrasted with law ( 1 : 17a ) , but in the Gospel of John ( unlike Paul ) grace takes second place to truth . " Truth " is identified with the real- ity of ...