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Spirituality according to John: Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings is unavailable, but you can change that!

Through all of John’s works, a consistent message is woven: being a Christian is about abiding in Christ and in his words. The Gospel of John, the epistle of 1 John, and the Apocalypse all begin in the same way: by pointing to the importance of knowing the Word, both written and incarnate. Using an artistic, storytelling approach to spirituality, John relies heavily on readers’ imaginations to...

The Greek word for “abide” (menō) refers to both a place and an attitude: to stay at home and to be at home. To abide with someone means you are staying with them, taking up residence with them, moving into their home. But to abide with someone can also mean that you’re remaining with them, going wherever they go, finding a home with them. So, to abide means to live somewhere. But it also means to persist, to keep going, to remain, to last. When we say,
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