Tag Gospel of John

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The One Who Loves

Think of the story of the man born blind (John 9). It’s well known and well thought of.  It’s one of those stories that take work to read because we must disabuse ourselves of contemporary concern for those with disabilities.…

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Notifying Lazarus

The raising of Lazarus from the dead in John 11 always elicits memories of what older preachers have said as they thundered through the text.  I’m not sure who said it but someone somewhere once said, “Jesus called Lazarus from…

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Greater Works than the Son?

Some Bible passages are perplexing.  That may be an understatement. We wonder about some of them.  Like unruly children who cannot be harnessed and corralled these passages too are hard to handle.  When we have finished our daily chores and…