Tag: John

Books I Have Read: Abide and Go

Post author By Eddie
Post date December 13, 2019

The central thesis of this book has been the following: Johannine spirituality fundamentally consists in the mutual indwelling of the Triune God (Father, Son, and Spirit) and Jesus’ disciples such that disciples participate in the divine love and life, and therefore in the life-giving mission of God, thereby both demonstrating their likeness to God as God’s children and becoming more and more like God as they become like his Son by the work of the Spirit. This spirituality can be summarized in the phrase “abide and go,” based on John 15.

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Unity and Mission in John 17

Post author By Eddie
Post date December 10, 2019

According to John 17, the deepest desire of Jesus is to create a community of disciples who participate in and manifest the unity of God, who continue the mission of God, and who will one day know the full glory of God.

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The Vine and The Branches

Post author By Eddie
Post date December 6, 2019

The vine metaphor does mean that Jesus has chosen to convey his life to the world by means of the branches.

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Throwback: The Manner of Mission – The Cross

Post author By Eddie
Post date November 28, 2019

Triumph: Jesus came in triumph, but it was a strange upside-down sort of triumph. His cry on the cross “it is finished” John 19:30 had an element of triumph and victory – the sense of a difficult job accomplished against all the odds.