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Tag: John: the Beloved Gospel

The Power of the Resurrection

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 20 to March 27
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Relevant Passages John 20:1-21:25 The Power of the Resurrection. None of the Gospels leave Jesus in the tomb. On the first day of the week the tomb is empty. That points to a precious hope...

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Alden Thompson

Jesus Lays Down His Life for His Friends

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 13 to March 20
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Relevant Passages John 18:1-19:42 Jesus Lays Down His Life for His Friends. John’s account of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion differs in several ways from the synoptic accounts, just as the synoptics differ among themselves. John...

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Alden Thompson

The Spirit “Replaces” Jesus

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 6 to March 13
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Relevant Passages John 13:31-16:33 The Spirit “Replaces” Jesus. In John 13-16, Jesus addresses several of the pressing concerns which were haunting the disciples. It was a troublesome time for all of them. Not only had...

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Alden Thompson

Real Greatness

  • Lesson 10 for the week of February 28 to March 6
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Relevant Passages John 13:1-30; 17 Real Greatness. If Jesus’ strong claims to divinity as recorded in the earlier chapters of John are separated from his real life of service and his passion, they could sound...

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Alden Thompson

A Devoted Soul and an Impending Cross

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 21 to February 28
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Relevant Passages John 11:1-12:50 A Devoted Soul and an Impending Cross. Jesus’ ministry is now in transition. In John 11 and 12 we read of two significant events involving Jesus’ friends from Bethany: the death...

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Alden Thompson

The Good Shepherd

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 14 to February 21
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Relevant Passages John 7:1-10:21 The Good Shepherd. Jesus’ story of the good shepherd follows on a sequence of events at the Feast of Tabernacles. After the feeding of the 5000 Jesus spoke of bread; at...

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Alden Thompson

The Sacred in the Common

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 7 to February 14
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Relevant Passages John 6 The Sacred in the Common. John 6 links together three events in the life of Jesus: the feeding of he 5000, walking on water, and his “bread of life” sermon at...

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Alden Thompson

Putting the Past Behind You

  • Lesson 6 for the week of January 31 to February 7
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Relevant Passages John 5 Putting the Past Behind You. Today’s lesson takes us to the story of the man whom Jesus healed at the Pool of Bethesda, a man who had been sick for 38...

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The Struggle to Be Real

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 24 to January 31
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Relevant Passages John 4:43-54 The Struggle to Be Real. The “living parable” which is the focus of today’s lesson involves Jesus’ return “home” to Galilee and an encounter with a royal official whose boy was...

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Alden Thompson

Grace Is All-Inclusive

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 17 to January 24
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Relevant Passages John 2:23-4:42 Grace Is All-Inclusive. The two major incidents studied in last week’s lesson contrasted Jesus’ leisurely experience at a Jewish wedding with the intensity of his anger in cleansing the temple. This...

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Alden Thompson

Something Better

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 10 to January 17
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Relevant Passages John 2:1-22 Something Better. After the highly abstract prologue, John continues his Gospel with two down-to-earth stories in chapter 2 Jesus’ week-long stay at a wedding and his cleansing of the temple. Both...

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Alden Thompson

Jesus Is the Best

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 3 to January 10
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Relevant Passages John 1:1-18 Jesus Is the Best. The Gospel of John opens with a magnificent cluster of verses establishing both Jesus’ full divinity and his full humanity. In addition, Jesus is compared with two...

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The Unique Purpose of John’s Gospel

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 27 to January 3
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Relevant Biblical Passages Luke 1:1-4; John 15:1-8; 17:20; 20:24-31; 21:20-25 The Unique Purpose of John’s Gospel. Our studies for this quarter take us to the fourth Gospel, often called the “beloved” Gospel because the author...

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Alden Thompson
 
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