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Looking for the Beginning of John
I get emails — Hello Jay….I’m so glad I found your site! I would enjoy and relish the ability to share what this site has meant to me. Our Wednesday class at the ____ Church of Christ in ______ is … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:27-31 (“my peace I give to you”)
(John 14:27 ESV) 27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” The NET Bible translators … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:20-26 (“he will teach you all things”)
(John 14:21 ESV) 21 “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Jesus is … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:19-20 (“you in me, and I in you”)
(John 14:19 ESV) 19 “Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.” Jesus is now referring most especially to his post-resurrection appearances. “Because I … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:18-19 (“I will come to you”)
(John 14:18-19 ESV) 18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will … Continue reading
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Small Groups, the Scriptural Justification
I get emails — What scriptures are best used to support or mandate the idea of large congregations breaking up into small groups or cell groups? I don’t know. I’ve not thought that much about it. I mean, a small group … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:7-17 (“greater works than these”)
(John 14:7 NET) “If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.” I prefer the NET Bible’s choice of “have” to “had,” as in the ESV. … Continue reading
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Reader in Search for a Congregation in Kentucky or Southern Ohio
A reader is looking for a recommendation for a Restoration Movement congregation in the Kentucky or Southern Ohio areas. For some reason, so far I’ve never received a recommendation in those areas — and so I’d love to get a dozen … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 14:1-6 (“I am the way”)
(John 14:1 ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” Jesus had just told Peter than he’d deny Jesus three times that night! Jesus was speaking in dark terms that surely terrified his disciples. … Continue reading
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John’s Gospel: Chapter 13:34-38: (“as I have loved you”)
(John 13:34-35 ESV) 34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my … Continue reading
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