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Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John make some of the most profound statements about the character and work of Christ in all of Scripture: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (1:1); "all things were made through him" (1:3); "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (1:14).
Reformation commentators ruminated on the meaning and implications of such claims for shedding light on doctrines like the Trinity, the divinity of Christ and his incarnation, but also for grasping the saving benefits of Christ's work in justification (for those "who believed in his name") and new birth (those born of God as his children, 1:12-13).
In this volume, Craig Farmer expertly guides readers through Reformation meditation on these themes and many others as they are unpacked in the first twelve chapters of the Gospel of John, from the Prologue to Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Here you will find a rich mosaic of reflection on the Gospel of John by a variety of significant well-known and lesser-known figures among the Reformed, Lutherans, Radicals and Roman Catholics. Farmer has done justice to the depth and nuance of the work of these Reformation-era pastors and scholars by drawing from a range of genres--extensive commentary, brief annotations, impassioned sermons, official confessions, and careful doctrinal and practical treatises.
Contemporary scholars will find this volume indispensable for understanding the significance of the "spiritual Gospel" for Reformation theology and practice, and pastors will discover here a consistently fruitful source for preaching, teaching and discipleship in the "grace and truth" that have come through Jesus Christ (1:17).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Project Staff
- InterVarsity Press
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Guide to Using This Commentary
- General Introduction
- Introduction to John 1–12
- Commentary on John 1–12
- 1:1-18 THE WORD BECAME FLESH
- 1:19-28 THE TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
- 1:29-34 BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD
- 1:35-42 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST DISCIPLES
- 1:43-51 JESUS CALLS PHILIP AND NATHANAEL
- 2:1-11 THE WEDDING AT CANA
- 2:12-25 JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE
- 3:1-21 JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS
- 3:22-36 JOHN THE BAPTIST EXALTS CHRIST
- 4:1-26 JESUS AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA
- 4:27-38 THE DISCIPLES REJOIN JESUS
- 4:39-42 MANY SAMARITANS BELIEVE
- 4:43-54 JESUS HEALS AN OFFICIAL’S SON
- 5:1-15 THE HEALING AT THE POOL
- 5:16-30 LIFE THROUGH THE SON
- 5:31-47 WITNESSES TO JESUS
- 6:1-15 JESUS FEEDS THE FIVE THOUSAND
- 6:16-24 JESUS WALKS ON THE WATER
- 6:25-59 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE
- 6:60-71 THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE
- 7:1-24 JESUS AT THE FEAST OF BOOTHS
- 7:25-31 CAN THIS BE THE CHRIST?
- 7:32-36 OFFICERS SENT TO ARREST JESUS
- 7:37-39 RIVERS OF LIVING WATER
- 7:40-53 DIVISION AMONG THE PEOPLE
- 8:1-11 THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY
- 8:12-30 I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
- 8:31-38 THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
- 8:39-47 YOU ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL
- 8:48-59 BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM
- 9:1-12 JESUS HEALS A MAN BORN BLIND
- 9:13-34 THE PHARISEES INVESTIGATE THE HEALING
- 9:35-41 SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
- 10:1-21 I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD
- 10:22-42 I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
- 11:1-16 THE DEATH OF LAZARUS
- 11:17-37 JESUS COMFORTS THE SISTERS
- 11:38-44 JESUS RAISES LAZARUS
- 11:45-57 THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS
- 12:1-8 MARY ANOINTS JESUS AT BETHANY
- 12:9-11 THE PLOT TO KILL LAZARUS
- 12:12-19 THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
- 12:20-26 SOME GREEKS SEEK JESUS
- 12:27-43 THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP
- 12:44-50 JESUS CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD
- Map of Europe at the Time of the Reformation
- Timeline of the Reformation
- Biographical Sketches of Reformation-Era Figures and Works
- Sources for Biographical Sketches
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Notes
- Praise for the Reformation Commentary on Scripture
- Board of Advisers
- Series Editors
- Volume Editor
- Reformation Commentary on Scripture
- Finding the Textbook You Need
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