Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Lesson 12: Jesus Raises Lazarus, His Friend (John 11)
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Jesus Raises Lazarus, His Friend (John 11)You can read John 11: 1-44 as the report of Jesus restoring life to his friend, Lazarus. If you do, you must answer some disturbing questions. What kind of friend delays rushing to heal in order to show off his…
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Lesson 11: Leadership ( John 10: 1-21)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Leadership ( John 10: 1-21)If John’s unique version of the Love Command is to do as he does (Love one another as I have loved you), then what seems to be a gospel explaining who Jesus is becomes a guide to what we should…
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Lesson 10: Healing
Read MORE: Lesson 10: HealingJohn 9 uses the healing of a blind man to support Jesus’ proclamation, “I am the Light of the World.” Its treatment makes clear we are talking about more than restoring sight to eyes, so we can sense and sort…
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Lesson 9: The Truth Will Set You Free (John 7-8)
Read MORE: Lesson 9: The Truth Will Set You Free (John 7-8)John 7 and 8 picture Jesus constantly on the run, constantly hiding; as just about every group in his society, beginning with his own family, challenges his authority or even attempts to arrest and kill him. Then in the midst…
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Lesson 8: I Am the Bread of Life
Read MORE: Lesson 8: I Am the Bread of LifeJohn 6 is built around Jesus’ proclamation, “I am the Bread of Life,” John’s working of the Feeding of the Multitude. His presentation of the Feeding almost parallels the reports of the other three gospels in which the mighty work…
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Lesson 7: The Woman at the Well (John 4)
Read MORE: Lesson 7: The Woman at the Well (John 4)Chapter 4 begins with a tired and thirsty Jesus. John obviously does not think the Incarnate God is a superman. Significantly, his gospel is the one in which Jesus cries, “I thirst!” from the cross. When this Jewish rabbi finds…
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Lesson 6: God as Lover: Nicodemus and Being Born Again (John 3)
Read MORE: Lesson 6: God as Lover: Nicodemus and Being Born Again (John 3)In John 3, Nicodemus, a teacher of Hebrew law, comes under cover of night to have a discussion with Jesus. He leaves baffled by Jesus’ words about being “born again,” failing to perceive the deep spiritual meaning. But that is…
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Lesson 5: The Bridegroom and the Lamb of God
Read MORE: Lesson 5: The Bridegroom and the Lamb of GodIn last week’s comments Bob asks the important question about how we should read the differences in the four gospels. Derek responds with his usual critical insights. You can read what they said and contribute your ideas on the site…
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Lesson 4: Come and See: Meeting Jesus in John 1
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Come and See: Meeting Jesus in John 1Throughout his book, John proclaims the Gospel is a love story that features the Word, a rational or spiritual principle, becoming human in order to woo his people. What was once an intellectual concept is now a human life. That…
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Lesson 3: Jesus is the Word Made Flesh (John 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 3: Jesus is the Word Made Flesh (John 1)What does John mean when he writes, “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth…From his fullness we have all…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!