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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... stories of his encounters with other seekers : a highly respected religious leader , a social outcast , a royal official , a discouraged paralytic , hostile authorities and audiences , a hun- gry crowd , a woman caught in adultery , a ...
... story of Jesus that lies between . " Light " is closely linked to life and is diametrically opposed to dark- ness in the Fourth Gospel . These three themes are introduced in rela- tionship to the Word in 1 : 4-5 . The contrast between ...
... story of Jesus to John's disclaimer of this title and the implicit suggestion - now made explicit - that the title belongs rightly to Jesus . The Fourth Gospel presupposes several dimensions of the messianic expectations current in the ...
... story of Jacob at Bethel in Genesis 28 , in which " he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth , the top of it reaching to heaven ; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it " ( Gen. 28:12 ) -or " on him ...
... story , Jacob is replaced by the Son of Man , a Hebrew expression which at root simply means " human being . " Although the most important titles for Jesus in the Fourth Gospel are Mes- siah and Son of God , here , as in the Gospel of ...