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John’s Gospel: Reflections on Chapter 9, Part 3.2 (Born in Time)
The classic philosophic problem with regard to believing in God is: How can a good God let bad things happen? I’m sure you’ve heard it before. There have been books and songs and poems written to wrestle with this difficult … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Reflections on Chapter 9, Part 3.1 (Born in Time)
To set the mood — In the hills of mystery, In the foggy web of destiny, You can have what’s left of me, Where we were born in time. Bob Dylan’s song, performed by Eric Clapton I love quest novels. … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Reflections on Chapter 9, Part 2 (Why heal on the Sabbath?)
We regularly ask why it was okay for Jesus to heal on the Sabbath, but we rarely ask why he chose to do so. Think about it. John expends chapters 5, 7, 8, and 9 dealing with Jesus’ healing on … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Reflections on Chapter 9, Part 1 (Why the Pharisees did not believe)
Chapter 9 is another comedic chapter. Rather than Jesus’ debating the Jewish religious leaders, this dialog falls to a blind man. Jesus lets his case be argued by a man who’d never seen a Torah scroll, who’d never read the … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 9:18-41 (“I was blind, but now I see”)
(John 9:18-21 ESV) 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 9:6-17 (“I washed, and I see”)
(John 9:6-7 ESV) 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” … Continue reading
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John L. Edwards, An In Depth Study of Marriage and Divorce
It’s taken me far too long, but I have finally gotten the answer for the readers who want to obtain John L. Edwards’ excellent An In Depth Study of Marriage & Divorce. The book is out of print, but Br. … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 9:1-5 (“Who sinned, this man or his parents?”)
[If things go as planned, the materials issued on chapters 7 and 8 conclude the spring quarter for our adult Bible classes. Maybe this will be for the summer quarter of 2013.] (John 9:1-2 ESV) As he passed by, he … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: The Woman Taken in Adultery, The Story
(John 7:53-8:2 ESV) 53 [They went each to his own house, 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: The Woman Taken in Adultery, Introduction
The (true) story of the woman taken in adultery is in the KJV without footnote or warning. But nearly all translations published in the last 100 years place these verses in brackets or even in a footnote. Why? Well, its … Continue reading
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