Category: John
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My Big House in Heaven: Mansions for All?
Is Jesus Really Promising Mansions in Heaven? You’ve heard it before: “In my Father’s house are many mansions.” But… are we sure Jesus was talking about heavenly real estate? By exploring the original words and the context, we’ll uncover what Jesus actually meant by “dwelling places”… and it’s about something better than luxury real estate.
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Farewell Speech (Not Mine)
Struggling with John’s Gospel? You’re not alone. John 13-16 is Jesus’ final speech before his arrest — but what is He actually saying? Is it just a jumble of spiritual thoughts, or is there a deeper purpose behind it all? In this video, I wrestle with these questions and share what I discovered after testing…
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The Gospels and Acts: And the Type of Literature Is …
Not only are Luke and Acts by the same author (you guessed it: Luke), they are also two parts of one piece of writing. How does that change our view of Luke’s gospel?
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Water and the Feast of Tabernacles
What does water have to do with the feast of booths or tabernacles, those seven days in which devout Jewish people live in huts in remembrance of their desert wanderings?
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A Pilgrimage through the Gospel of John: Grace and Truth
As explained in the previous issue, my pilgrimage through Italy on the Via di Francesco turned into a pilgrimage through the gospel of John, using something akin to the Ignatian approach to Bible meditation. Jesus makes God known; how does he do that? I only offer a small taster. The idea is to whet your…
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A Pilgrimage through the Gospel of John: How I Got There
The key to understanding the gospel of John is not studying but meditation. At least for me it turned out to be that way. I have always had a hard time getting into this book. It finally opened up to me when I meditated on it rather than studied it. Therefore, after three long and…
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In Honour of Jesus: Objectivity Is Overrated (Eyewitnesses and the Gospel)
In January of last year, I did an issue on the authorship of John’s gospel, based on a book by Richard Bauckham (the answer, it turned out, is not as simple as that phrase, the author of John, might suggest). I finished with this statement, a mental note to myself: “On my reading list: Richard…
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Who Wrote the Fourth Gospel?
John’s gospel is not a book I have taught often. Without giving it much thought, I have usually assumed that the “John” of its title must be the apostle John, the son of Zebedee, one of the inner circle of Jesus’ 12 disciples. After all, this is what the Church Fathers, the early leaders and…