5/21/17
John 14:1-21
Chris Breslin
“These chapters have often rightly been seen as among the most precious and intimate in the New Testament. They are full of comfort, challenge and hope, full of the deep and strange personal relationship that Jesus longs to have with each of his followers. We shouldn’t be surprised that they are also full of some of the richest theological insights, of a sense of discovering who the true God is, and what he’s doing in the world and in us.” – N.T. Wright, John for Everybody
There are times that I believe I’m satisfied
Like an intimate connection
Despite this bad reception with you
Because I can’t afford to pay
For most of what I say
So it’s a lucky thing
That the truth’s public domain
-Derek Webb, Mockingbird
“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.” –G.K. Chesterton
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.” –Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Heart Feels Alive by DeJong
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms by Hoffman/Showalter
We Will Feast in the House of Zion by McCracken
How Firm a Foundation by Rippon/Funk
More than Anything by Leonard/Ingram/Jordan/Garrard
Enclosed by You by White
Doxology
Go further:
Godspeed film by Matt Canlis
The Gospel of John: A Commentary by F. Dale Bruner
John: A Commentary by Marianne Maye Thompson
John for Everybody (Part 2) by Tom Wright
Reading Scripture in Light of the Resurrection (chapter in the Art of Reading Scripture) by Richard B Hays (and Ellen F. Davis)
Can These Bones Live?: A Theology in Outline by Robert Jenson
Miracles by C.S. Lewis
The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach by Michael Licona
Prototype by Jonathan Martin
Resurrection & Moral Order by Oliver O’Donovan
Living the Resurrection by Eugene Peterson
Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson
Resurrection and the Son of God by N.T. Wright (academic)
Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright (accessible)
