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The Gospel of John exhibits a peculiar Christian language and thought that need to be understood and employed in the preaching ministry. The preacher’s task involves penetrating the thick and often confusing language of the Gospel and comprehending its frequently paradoxical theology. The preacher can find new and powerful resources for preaching in Johannine language and thought, as well as its...

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in chapters 11 and 12. Moreover, it is this Gospel alone in which Jesus names his disciples “friends” (15:15) and speaks of his death as laying down his life for his friends (15:13). Nowhere else in the Gospels is Jesus’ love for his disciples stated more strongly than in John (13:1, 34; 15:9 and 12). Yet the fact remains that the general impression one receives from reading John is that Jesus does not come across as a warm, caring, and compassionate person. Rather Jesus
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