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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... lead directly in to 1:19 and would constitute a beginning for the Fourth Gospel like that of Mark . The prologue lifts readers above history and into mystery , the mystery of God's eternity , glory , inner nature , and saving purpose ...
... lead readers to believe the Word , to come to the light , and by believing to become children of God ( 1:12 ; 20:31 ) . THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE WORD MADE FLESH ( 1 : 14-18 ) These verses contain the revelation toward which the prologue ...
... God a fit instrument to lead in wor- ship through reading to attentive hearers this hymn to the Logos . Since the text recurs every Christmas Day , the sermon might focus on just one of the key terms in the text , taking up Prologue 7.
... leads Andrew to sense that in Jesus he has found what he is look- ing for . Only further contact with Jesus will clarify precisely who it is that he has found , but already he knows that in Jesus he has met God's Anointed , and he wants ...
... lead people to believe in him . Belief in Jesus as a miracle worker is unsatisfactory ( 2 : 23-25 ; 4:48 ; 6:26 ) , but in some texts John uses " sign " as a favorable designation for a miracle that leads people to see Jesus for who he ...