"This commentary is written for serious students of the Gospel according to John, particularly pastors, teachers, ... . It is in the preface of The Gospel of John: A Commentary that author Frederick Dale Bruner clearly articulates the audience and purpose of this book. He has written abook...
My wife and I made a special spiritual pilgrimage on our first year anniversary to view Gospel of John. The nearest place it was showing was 8 hours away in Hickory, North Carolina. We arrived Saturday morning, found the theater and waited patiently for the 2 PM showing. We were not disa...
There is that in the Gospel of John which charms. Young and old turn to it. Learned and unlearned are captivated by it. Its simplicity attracts. Its incidents interest.How many have received spiritual blessing from its statements as to Divine love, and its simple unfolding of the way of ...
and Luke and are considered synoptic because of their similarity. With the inclusion of the fourth Gospel of John we have the canonical gospels. In77thPearl: The Perpetual Tree, the Gospel of Mark is often referred to in comparison to Thomas, as it is known to be the first of the three...
telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healin...
His audience, remember, is primarily those he is trying to bring to faith in Christ, but John knew that Christians would read these words too -- and that they couldn't help but think of the Lord's Supper. What is Jesus saying here? Jesus has been going back and forth between three ...
I might just turn to the famous words of John the Apostle: "God is love" (Greek, agape, 1 John 4.8). In my opinion, just about everything essential to know about God and our relationship with God can be traced back to this one statement. (Notice that I say "everything essential ...
In this project we will study theLast Gospel, the beginning of the Gospel of John, used at the end of Mass with the 1962Missale Romanum. With a few exceptions, this is the last Gospel for almost all the days of the liturgucal year. I will first read the Gospel at a deliberate pace...
You will know God’s purpose, His plan for humankind and how the gospel message fulfills His purpose. It will all make perfect sense and it will especially be shocking in terms of what you and so many others have been taught. You may be a Catholic, a Protestant, a non-denominational ...
Where will you spend the endless eternity? If you haven't been justified by faith in Jesus Christ you could die and drop straight into hell at any moment of the day or night. That's the truth. It's the sheer mercy and loving kindness of God that He has k