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John’s Gospel: Drinking Jesus’ Blood, Part 1

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Jay F Guin

[This may be a little redundant, but nothing I’ve said on chapter 6 to this point requires that we drink blood. I just have this nagging feeling that I’ve been missing something.] The Law of Moses anticipated that, in the … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: Chapter 6 — A Note on Communion

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Jay F Guin

Please forgive the following rant. But I’m just so tired of shallow commentaries that don’t listen to what Jesus is saying. Jesus’ difficult statements in John 6 about eating his flesh and drinking his blood have normally been interpreted as though … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: A Question for the Readers

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Jay F Guin

I’ve rarely posted so many consecutive articles on a single book of the Bible — a virtual commentary on the Gospel of John. But the readers have rarely responded so well to an exegetical series. Normally, my verse-by-verse posts draw far … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: 6:66-71 (“Do you want to go away as well?”)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Jay F Guin

(John 6:66 ESV)  66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. The traditional interpretation is that the disciples left Jesus because they thought he was teaching cannibalism or some such thing. And to … Continue reading →

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Reader Looking for a Church Recommendation

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — I just moved to Denver, and was looking for a church recommendation in the area (the one you have in Colorado Springs is likely too far away for me). Have you heard of any good ones … Continue reading →

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Leaving for Miami

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jay F Guin

I’m getting packed for Miami! I’ll be here a little while, and then won’t be back until late Tuesday. Then again, if we lose, I may just walk into the Atlantic Ocean, never to return. I mean, I just can’t … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: 6:64-65 (“no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father”)

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jay F Guin

(John 6:64-65 ESV)  64 “But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)  65 And he said, “This … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: 6:52-63 (“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Jay F Guin

(John 6:47-51 ESV)  47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.  48 I am the bread of life.  49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.  50 This is the bread that … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: 6:41-46 (“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph?”)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jay F Guin

(John 6:41-42 ESV)  41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”  42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How … Continue reading →

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John’s Gospel: 6:36-40 (“All that the Father gives me.”)

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jay F Guin

(John 6:36-37 ESV)  36 “But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.  37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” … Continue reading →

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