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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... Synoptic Gospels , John presents a more leisurely , reflective selection of signs and discourses in which the voice of Jesus , risen and alive , speaks through the words of the evangelist . In the Synoptics , Jesus speaks primarily ...
... Synoptics , the Fourth Gospel does not call John " the baptizer , " or a " messenger , " nor does it describe him as ... Synoptic Gospels , but thirty - three times in John . Bearing witness is a major Johannine theme . The argumentative ...
... Synoptic Gospels and all the epistles of Paul combined . It is a key term in Johannine theology , whose specific meaning can be determined only in context , as its use in three senses in 1:10 exemplifies . Interpreters should exercise ...
... Synoptic Gospels only in lists of the twelve apostles , Philip stands out in the Gospel of John . Not only is he the first disciple whom Jesus calls and the one who brings Nathanael to Jesus ( 1 : 45-46 ) ; Jesus turns to Philip with ...
... Synoptic witness that Jesus is Son of God , born of a virgin . Scholars have seen here an earlier tradition , more historically reliable than the virgin birth narratives of Matthew and Luke . It is doubtful that the evangelist would ...