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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 91
... Light of the World : Confrontation in the Temple ( 8 : 12-59 ) 103 The Beggar Blind from Birth ( 9 : 1-41 ) The Metaphor of the Sheepfold ( 10 : 1–21 ) Review of the Argument ( 10 : 22-42 ) The Raising of Lazarus ( 11 : 1-44 ) The ...
... -14 ) 292 Jesus ' Final Conversation with Peter ( 21 : 15–23 ) 296 Second Ending ( 21 : 24-25 ) 301 Afterword 304 Notes 317 Glossary Select Bibliography 333 341 Introduction The Light of which the Fourth Gospel speaks has Contents ix.
... light - bearers in their own time and place . Light itself is not something seen ; it is something by which one sees . The interpreter's work is to enable others to see what is in the Gospel of John . The Fourth Gospel itself is given ...
... light of God , a light that they knew as the Word . Getting to know him was like seeing the dawn break over all creation and in their life as a commu- nity . It was like being invaded by grace and truth and life . It was like com- ing ...
... light , and darkness . " Word " ( logos ) is almost as hard to define as is the mystery to which it points . Although it expresses a fundamental element in John's under- standing of Jesus Christ , logos does not appear again in the ...