The Gospel of John

by Metzger, Paul Louis; Sweet, Leonard; McKinley, Rick (AFT)

• ISBN13: 9780830836413
• ISBN10: 0830836411
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

The Resonate series recovers the ancient wisdom of Scripture and helps us understand how it resonates with our complex world. The stories and insights of each book of the Bible are brought into conversation with contemporary voices of hope and lament--the cultural messages we interact with on a daily basis. The Scriptures become a meeting ground where God speaks to the pressing concerns of our day, and we are confronted in turn with a fresh experience of God's truth.In this journey through the Gospel of John, Paul Louis Metzger wrestles with the question of what happens when God, who is love, comes to town and takes up residence among us. For some this new neighbor love is welcome; for others, unusual; for still others, suspect--even dangerous.We learn from John's Gospel what it means to be called friends and lovers of God, what it means to put love to death and what it means for love to rise again in our midst and in our lives.

Author Biography

Paul Louis Metzger is professor of Christian theology and theology of culture at Multnomah Biblical Seminary. He is the director of The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins, editor of Cultural Encounters and the award-winning author of Consuming Jesus.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Series Introduction	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 15
The Resonate Editorial Team	p. 17
Introduction	p. 19
Incarnation and Reception-John 1:1-18	p. 27
That Sense of Touch (John 1:1-18)	p. 28
Transition: The Egg-Headed God and the Gospel of Jesus	p. 38
Initial Connections-John 1:19-4:54	p. 43
Celebrities and Saints (John 1:19-42)	p. 47
Stairway to Heaven (John 1:43-51)	p. 52
Saving the Best for Last (John 2:1-12)	p. 55
Trinket Shop (John 2:13-25)	p. 59
My Own Personal Jesus (John 3:1-21)	p. 63
Rock Star (John 3:22-36)	p. 69
Unquenchable Thirst (John 4:1-42)	p. 73
Last Resort (John 4:43-54)	p. 77
Transition: Monkey Fist	p. 81
Reactions and Rejection-John 5:1-12:50	p. 88
Missing the Forest, Missing the Trees (John 5:1-47)	p. 90
Great Expectations (John 6:1-21)	p. 95
Happy Meals (John 6:22-71)	p. 99
A Failed Candidacy (John 7:1-44)	p. 107
The Matrix (John 7:45-53)	p. 111
Two to Tango (John 8:1-11)	p. 114
False Redemption (John 8:12-59)	p. 116
A New Hoover (John 9)	p. 123
TV Preachers (John 10)	p. 127
Revisiting Lazarus's Tomb in an Age of Pain (John 11)	p. 136
Conspiracy Theory (John 12)	p. 142
Transition: The Dark Side of the Force	p. 155
Preparations-John 13:1-17:26	p. 161
Doormats and Red Carpet (John 13)	p. 163
Changing He-Men into Halflings (John 13)	p. 167
Gran Torino Jesus (John 14)	p. 171
Front Porch Light (John 14:1-11)	p. 177
That Dirty Little Four-Letter Word (John 14:15, 21)	p. 181
Burnout (John 15:1-8)	p. 190
Vertigo (John 15:1-17)	p. 196
Entitlement (John 15:18-27)	p. 200
Birth Pangs (John 16)	p. 203
Dr. Phil (John 16:7-11)	p. 207
Death Row (John 17)	p. 211
Transition: Fifteen Minutes of Fame and the Hour of Glory	p. 217
Humiliation/Glorification-John 18:1-20:23	p. 225
Gimme Shelter (John 18:1-27)	p. 227
The Inconvenient Truth (John 18-19)	p. 233
Hurt (John 18-19)	p. 239
Ground Zero (John 20:1-23)	p. 245
Transition: Non-Members Only	p. 251
Invitation-John 20:24-21:25	p. 255
Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29)	p. 257
Gone Fishing (John 21:1-23)	p. 260
Bestseller (John 21:24-25)	p. 264
A Final Word About God's Word Made Flesh-Blown Away	p. 269
Afterword	p. 276
Notes	p. 279
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