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Are you like John the Baptist?

Are you like John the Baptist?

I was reading John’s Gospel this morning and it dawned on me what we are all – well possibly all – are like John the Baptist. With Jesus’ statement to us “And you shall be my witnesses…” he tells us what we are. But are we like John? “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He… Read more →

Jesus and Women

Jesus and Women

This is an interesting video, Simon Smart talks to Ben Witherington III, Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky about the revolutionary nature of Jesus’ treatment of women. Good stuff. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/14172103].

Pray with Boldness, intensity, Abandon and Freedom

Pray with Boldness, intensity, Abandon and Freedom

These are great emotions to pray with. Pray with Boldness [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEXVoxuWNkQ&w=640&h=385] Pray with Intensity! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GwEH-DGjdk&w=640&h=385] Pray in Abandon. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLBh3timAPc&w=640&h=385] Pray with Freedom [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NXbUyUAwHA&w=640&h=385].

Graphic of John’s Gospel 2: Belief at the corners

Graphic of John’s Gospel 2: Belief at the corners

I was pretty encouraged. It looks like the graphing method I used in that last post actually worked. 🙂  Lazarus’ story is the longest section of John’s Gospel. The graphic from the last post showed it on the top left as a big brown box. At the very opposite side of the graphic was the smallest block. It’s just two… Read more →

Graphic of John’s Gospel: What is important?

I have been studying John’s Gospel for a while now. I thought it might be fun to put it together with some infographic and chart things I have been thinking about too. Here is the first. It is a treegraph of John. I took Leon Morris‘ outline of John and focused  my attention on the number of verses that each… Read more →