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3 Words that will forever change the way you read the Gospel of John: Week 5

Chapter 5: Sabbath, and the Son of God This is part 5 of a 21-part series which traces “seeing” and “hearing”, and looks at how they relate to “believing”, through the Gospel of John. In Chapter 5, Jesus has a stand-off with the Jewish authorities, ostensibly about the Sabbath, but it becomes a conversation about his claim […]

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3 Words that will forever change the way you read the Gospel of John: Week 4

Chapter 4: The Samaritan Woman, the Harvest, and the Return to Galilee This is part 4 of a 21-part series which traces “seeing” and “hearing”, and looks at how they relate to “believing”, through the Gospel of John. In this chapter Jesus meets two special people who come to faith, both of whom are foreigners. The […]

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3 Words that will forever change the way you read the Gospel of John: Week 3

Chapter 3: Nicodemus, and darkness This is part 3 of a 21-part series which traces “seeing” and “hearing”, and looks at how they relate to “believing”, through the Gospel of John. In Chapter 3 we have an encounter with Nicodemus, which is quite famous. We also find the most famous verse in the Bible – John […]

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3 Words that will forever change the way you read the Gospel of John: Week 2

Chapter 2: Signs This is part 2 of a 21-part series which traces “seeing” and “hearing”, and looks at how they relate to “believing”, through the Gospel of John. This chapter focuses on two stories in which “signs” are a key theme. These signs are visible ones, and the chapter helps us to understand Jesus’ teaching about […]

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3 Words that will forever change the way you read the Gospel of John: Week 1

Chapter 1: Prologue, and John the Baptist introduces Jesus This is part 1 of a 21-part series which traces “seeing” and “hearing”, and looks at how they relate to “believing”, through the Gospel of John. John’s Gospel quite deliberately adopts some literary features of the Book of Genesis. The first few verses are more than a hint. But […]

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