Preaching JohnFortress Press - 252 pages The Gospel of John exhibits a peculiar Christian language and thought that need to be understood and employed in the preaching ministry. The preacher's task involves penetrating the thick and often confusing language of the Gospel and comprehending its frequently paradoxical theology. The preacher can find new and powerful resources for preaching in Johannine language and thought, as well as its use of narrative and discourse. These discoveries facilitate preaching John in ways that are consistent with recent trends in homiletic theory. The method of this book is to combine the practical (how to preach John) with proposals for understanding the Gospel. The author offers a variety of sermon ideas and designs throughout each chapter based on numerous passages selected from the Revised Common Lectionary. |
Contents
Understanding Johannine Research | 21 |
Preaching John in the Roundtable Church | 220 |
The Gospel of John | 223 |
Bibliography | 240 |
Index of Sermons and Sermon Fragments | 250 |
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Page 68 - Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
Page 69 - I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Page 94 - I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.
Page 200 - We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
Page 71 - But He spoke of the temple of His body. When therefore He was risen again from the dead, His disciples remembered, that He had said this, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had said.
Page 85 - He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
Page 200 - And said. This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 81 - If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.