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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... questions : testimony ( martyria , v . 19 ) , confess ( v . 20 ) , interrogate ( vv . 21 , 25 ) . This language foreshadows Jesus ' formal trial before the high priest in chapter 18 . The follow - up questions ( v . 21 ) concern two ...
... question about why he was baptizing and adds that he saw " the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove , and it remained on him . " In the Fourth Gospel it is John the wit- ness who alone sees the descent of the dove . John's ...
... question underlies the two paragraphs on Jesus ' first disciples ( 1 : 35-42 , 43-51 ) . It also lies behind the preceding paragraphs about John the Baptist , even though the presenting question there was " Who is John ? " and in the ...
... question , " Where are you staying ? " he invites them , " Come and see , " a theme which is repeated in the following scene and later by a woman in Samaria ( 4:29 ) . Next ( 1 : 40-42 ) Andrew brings his brother , Simon , to meet Jesus ...
... question to the two unnamed disciples of John who followed him as he walked by , " What are you looking for ? " ( 1:38 ) . The question is echoed by " We have found " on the lips of Andrew ( 1:41 ) and Philip ( 1:45 ) . Amid the many ...