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Pentecost B: Come Alongside, Holy Spirit!
Dear Partner in Preaching, I’ve written three or four introductions to this letter now, and none seems quite adequate, so I’ll just come out and say it: I think we’ve misnamed the Holy Spirit. The word...
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John 20:30
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. This is only the first half of what I call John’s formal conclusion – there’s another whole chapter...
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John 20:30-31
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and...
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John 21:1a
After these things… Earlier, I mentioned in passing that I consider John 20 the “formal conclusion” to John’s Gospel. I describe it this way because John does two things in particular in this chapter...
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John 21:1-6
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of...
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John 21:20-23
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” When Peter...
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John 4:5-7
So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It...
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Easter 2 A: Thomas, John, and the Reason We Gather
John 20:19-31 Dear Partner in Preaching, Have you ever noticed how long it takes John to get around to telling us what he’s up to? John the Fourth Evangelist, that is. Twenty-some chapters and finally...
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Lent 3 B: A Thin Place Every Place
John 2:13-22 Dear Partner in Preaching, John has something to say and he doesn’t mind messing with the standard story in order to say it. John the Fourth Evangelist, I mean. We are familiar with the...
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Easter B 2018: Truly Known
John 20:1-18 Dear Partner in Preaching, I know this is your busy week, our busy week, and rather than close with a word of gratitude, I want to start there. So many people will come to hear a word of...
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