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The Prologue of the Gospel of John is one of the best-known passages in the New Testament. The cadence of the poetry provides a grand opening to the narrative that follows and introduces several key (...)

As a college professor of biblical studies, I consistently find that the most important question for the course is: What kind of book is the Bible?1 Ironically, our general education course is designed more for (...)

Last Sunday’s Psalm lection (34:1-8) contained some of the typical features of individual Psalms of Thanksgiving, where a worshiper invites others to praise God (verses 1-3) for an act of personal deliverance (verses 4, 6).1 (...)

In this section of the Bread Discourse, the dispute “chews” on Jesus’ flesh. Was this the narrator’s plan all along? “I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and (...)

The reading begins with one of the most well-known “I am” sayings from the Gospel of John: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in (...)

The church is called to provide people with the means through which they can have communion and fellowship with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. In Ephesians 3:14-15 the writer rises above culture and (...)

The main subject of Psalm 145 is the eternal kingship of the Lord.1 The psalm contains a comprehensive expression of praise for God as heavenly king. Perhaps this is why the psalm’s superscription designates it (...)

Our narrator places the Bread Discourse in the middle of the Book of Signs (John 1-12). It feels like a centerpiece. The present verses include two miracles: John’s version of the multiplication of loaves for (...)

The report of John’s death, Jesus’ mentor (see Mark 1:9), was the end of innocence for Jesus’ mission.1 Placing this account between the commission and the return of the twelve disciples (during the heart of (...)

Three particularly Johannine words stand out in this passage–words important both in John’s Gospel and in 1 John: believe (pisteuô), witness (both the verb martureô and the noun marturia), and life (zoê).  Although our pericope (...)