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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... Johannine theme . The argumentative tone of verse 8 - with its insistence that the role of the witness is subordinate to that of the true light , repeated in 1:15 and driven home by John's own last words in 3 : Prologue 3.
... Johannine theme of witness . John appears once more in the prologue ( 1:15 ) , prominently in 1 : 19-36 , and once more in 3 : 22-30 , after which he disappears from the stage of the Fourth Gospel . His witness , however , does not ...
... Johannine theology , whose specific meaning can be determined only in context , as its use in three senses in 1:10 exemplifies . Interpreters should exercise discernment to avoid misunderstanding . Verses 11 and 13b warn that it takes ...
... Johannine symbols . " 12 6. Cautions about preaching and teaching this text . Some interpreters , focus- ing on the six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification ( 2 : 6 ) have seen here a story about the changing of the ...
... Johannine theology these verses echo and develop the sweeping claims of the prologue ( 1 : 1-18 ) that Jesus Christ , the only Son of God , made flesh as Son of Man , came from God to bring light and life to the world ; that his own ...