Lives Jesus Changed: Lessons About Life from John's Gospel

by Vibert, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781845505431
• ISBN10: 1845505433
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-26
• Publisher: Stl Distribution North Amer

Summary

If you look at a family album we will begin to get an idea of the events, which have occurred in the life of that particular family. John's Gospel gives a snapshot of Jesus life and the lives he changed. John's gospel tells the story of Jesus the saviour of the world who came in flesh to forgive sins. Simon Vibert invites us to come and see the lives Jesus changed. But all these characters that we meet are not the one that the people had been waiting for. Jesus was that one but all these characters were "signposts" that pointed to Jesus so that might cause us to respond. Ideal for individuals or small group studies.

Author Biography

Simon Vibert is Vice Principal and Director of the School of Preaching at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Prior to that he was the minister of St. Luke's Church of England, in Southwest London. He is Chairman of Fellowship of Word Spirit and serves on the Church of England Evangelical Council. Simon is a preaching facilitator with Langham Partnership. He is the author of The Diamond Marriage ISBN 978-1-84550-076-4. He is married with three children.

Table of Contents

Preface: Why John wrote and why I am writing	p. 7
Characters Make Stories (John 1:1-18)	p. 13
All Who Received Him: Life! (John 1:10-13)	p. 25
John the Baptist: The Confessor (John 1:19-34)	p. 41
The Disciples: Now I See! (John 1:35-2:11)	p. 55
Nicodemus: Out of the Shadows (John 3:1-15)	p. 65
The Woman of Samaria: No Longer Alone (John 4:1-42)	p. 75
The Royal Official and the Paralysed Man: The Grateful and the Grudging (John 4:46-5:15)	p. 89
The Crowds: Fascinated but Fickle (John 6:1-21)	p. 99
'The Jews': Fossilized Faith (John 7-8)	p. 111
The Adulterous Woman: Condemned No More (John 8:1-11)	p. 123
The Man Born Blind: From Darkness to Light (John 9:1-41)	p. 131
Mary, Martha and Lazarus: Life that Doesn't End in Death (John 11)	p. 145
The Greeks: He Will See You Now! (John 12:20-33)	p. 157
Philip: More Than Enough to Go On (John 14:8-14)	p. 171
Mary and Mary: Women Get There First! (John 19:25-27; 20:1-18)	p. 181
John the Apostle: Persuasive Testimony (John 20:1-8; 21:20-24)	p. 191
Thomas: Doubting to Model Faith (John 20:24-31)	p. 199
Peter: Into the World (John 21)	p. 211
Lives Jesus Changed in John's Gospel: Summary and Implications	p. 223
Appendix-Lives Jesus Changed: Narratology and Character Studies in John's Gospel	p. 227
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