Themes from the Gospel of John
Themes from the Gospel of John

Author: Michael Hickey

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-05-20

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 076187271X

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This books seeks to uncover the underlying message of the Gospel of John through its four major themes and several sub-themes. The major themes discussed are The Logos Prologue, The Book of Signs, The Book of Glory, and The Epilogue. The many sub-themes interspersed throughout the Gospel are The I am Sayings, Faith and Believing, Knowing and Unknowing, Light and Darkness, Seeing and Blindness, Ascent and Descent, Life and Death, Abiding and Discipleship, Bread and Water, Love, Two Extended Allegories, Judgment and the World, Son on Man-Son God, and Spirit, Paraclete, and Truth.

John
John

Author: N. T. Wright

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2009-11-30

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0830821848

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With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, N. T. Wright helps us discover the clues John gives in his gospel that we might see even more clearly the reality of who Jesus is, the new creation he inaugurates and the difference that all makes. Includes 26 sessions for group or personal study.

The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John

Author: R. Jackson Painter

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-12-03

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1608994848

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Part of the genius of the Gospel of John comes from how the author infuses the gospel message into every part of the Gospel. In The Gospel of John: A Thematic Approach, Jackson Painter investigates John's literary-theological strategy by identifying seven key themes and showing the reader how to detect them in any portion of the Gospel as well as how to see the themes interacting with one another to create John's distinct theological message about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The author gives numerous examples of the elements and motifs that comprise the themes and presents three studies that illustrate how the themes interact. Students of the Gospel of John will come away with a newfound ability to understand and interpret the Gospel of John.

Love in the Gospel of John
Love in the Gospel of John

Author: Francis J. SDB Moloney

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 144124574X

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The command to love is central to the Gospel of John. Internationally respected scholar Francis Moloney offers a thorough exploration of this theme, focusing not only on Jesus's words but also on his actions. Instead of merely telling people that they must love one another, Jesus acts to make God's love known and calls all who follow him to do the same. This capstone work on John's Gospel uses a narrative approach to delve deeply into a theme at the heart of the Fourth Gospel and the life of the Christian church. Uniting rigorous exegesis with theological and pastoral insight, it makes a substantive contribution to contemporary Johannine scholarship.

Gospel of Glory
Gospel of Glory

Author: Richard Bauckham

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1441227083

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Throughout Christian history, the Gospel of John's distinctive way of presenting the life, works, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus have earned it labels such as "the spiritual Gospel" and "the maverick Gospel." It has been seen as the most theological of the four canonical Gospels. In this volume Richard Bauckham, a leading biblical scholar and a bestselling author in the academy, illuminates main theological themes of the Gospel of John. Bauckham provides insightful analysis of key texts, covering topics such as divine and human community, God's glory, the cross and the resurrection, and the sacraments. This work will serve as an ideal supplemental text for professors and students in a course on John or the four Gospels. It will also be of interest to New Testament scholars and theologians.

The Fourth Gospel
The Fourth Gospel

Author: John Shelby Spong

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-06-11

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1443424013

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Bestselling and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong reveals the subversive, mystical wisdom of the writer of the Gospel of John and how his teachings point us forward in the twenty-first century In The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic, Spong turns his attention to the Gospel of John, the fourth Gospel in the Bible. Contrary to what is most often believed, he writes that this gospel was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus. In fact, it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus’ life through the medium of Jewish worship traditions and fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the “Beloved Disciple.” The Fourth Gospel not only recaptures the original message of this gospel, but also provides us with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged. This book offers a fresh way to read the Gospel of John and a unique primer about how to be a Christian in the post-Christian twenty-first century.

The Theology of the Gospel of John
The Theology of the Gospel of John

Author: Dwight Moody Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-01-26

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780521357760

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D. Moody Smith treats the theology of the Gospel of John in its narrative form and historical context, both ancient Jewish and early Christian. His work draws upon the most recent scholarly investigations of the Gospel's historical purpose and setting. The major theological themes of the Gospel, especially its christology, are treated in relation to the context of the work, since Johannine theology is not simply a by-product of controversies that produced the Gospel, but is rather related to them in significant ways. As Professor Smith shows, John marks an important watershed between Christianity and Judaism. His study will thus serve equally well as an introduction to the question of the origin of John and as an introduction to its theology. It also consistently pays attention to the relationship of the Gospel to other major New Testament witnesses as well as to its important influence upon the development of later Christian doctrine.

John
John

Author: Justin Buzzard

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 143353455X

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The Knowing the Bible series is a new resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God’s Word. Each 12-week study leads participants through one book of the Bible and is made up of four basic components: (1) Reflection questions designed to help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) “Gospel Glimpses” highlighting the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) “Whole-Bible Connections” showing how any given passage connects to the Bible’s overarching story of redemption culminating in Christ; and (4) “Theological Soundings” identifying how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from a wide array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God’s grace on each and every page of the Bible. In this study of John’s Gospel, pastor and author Justin Buzzard helps readers understand the most theologically and philosophically profound account of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection in the New Testament. From revealing his cosmic identity as being with the Father “in the beginning,” to recounting the many miraculous signs attesting to his divinity, Buzzard illuminates John’s unmatched portrait of Jesus Christ, the unique Son of God, sent from heaven to save all who would turn to him. This insightful guide encourages Christians to worship Christ as Lord and follow him on mission to the world.

The Gospel According to John
The Gospel According to John

Author: D. A. Carson

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 9780851117492

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This commentary seeks above all to explain the text of John's Gospel to those whose privilege and responsibility it is to minister the Word of God to others, to preach and to lead Bible studies. I have tried to include the kind of information they need to know, but to do so in such a way that the informed layperson could also use the work in personal study of the Bible, exclusively for purposes of personal growth in edification and understanding. In particular, I have attempted: (1) To make clear the flow of the text. (2) To engage a small but representative part of the massive secondary literature on John. (3) To draw a few lines towards establishing how the Fourth Gospel contributes to biblical and systematic theology. (4) To offer a consistent exposition of John's Gospel as an evangelistic Gospel. - Preface.

Luke (Teach the Text Commentary Series)
Luke (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

Author: R. T. France

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 144124171X

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The Teach the Text Commentary Series utilizes the best of biblical scholarship to provide the information a pastor needs to communicate the text effectively. The carefully selected preaching units and focused commentary allow pastors to quickly grasp the big idea and key themes of each passage of Scripture. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key themes of the passage and sections dedicated to understanding, teaching, and illustrating the text.