The Resonate series recovers the ancient wisdom of Scripture and helps us understand how it resonates with our complex world. The stories and insights of each book of the Bible are brought into conversation with contemporary voices of hope and lament–the cultural messages we interact with on a daily basis. The Scriptures become a meeting ground where God speaks to the pressing concerns of our day, and we are confronted in turn with a fresh experience of God's truth.In this journey through the Gospel of John, Paul Louis Metzger wrestles with the question of what happens when God, who is love, comes to town and takes up residence among us. For some this new neighbor love is welcome; for others, unusual; for still others, suspect–even dangerous.We learn from John's Gospel what it means to be called friends and lovers of God, what it means to put love to death and what it means for love to rise again in our midst and in our lives.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Incarnation and Reception — John 1:1-18
That Sense of Touch (John 1:1-18)
Transition: The Egg-Headed God and the Gospel of Jesus
2 Initial Connections John — 1:19–4:54
Celebrities and Saints (John 1:19-42)
Stairway to Heaven (John 1:43-51)
Trinket Shop (John 2:13-25)
My Own Personal Jesus (John 3:1-21)
Rock Star (John 3:22-36)
Unquenchable Thirst (John 4:1-42)
Last Resort (John 4:43-54)
Transition: Monkey Fist
3 Reactions and Rejection — John 5:1–12:50
Missing the Forest, Missing the Trees (John 5:1-47)
Great Expectations (John 6:1-21)
Happy Meals (John 6:22-71)
A Failed Candidacy (John 7:1-44)
The Matrix (John 7:45-53)
Two to Tango (John 8:1-11)
False Redemption (John 8:12-59)
A New Hoover (John 9)
TV Preachers (John 10)
Revisiting Lazarus? Tomb in an Age of Pain (John 11)
Conspiracy Theory (John 12)
Transition: The Dark Side of the Force
4 Preparations — John 13:1–17:26
Doormats and Red Carpet (John 13)
Changing He-Men Into Halflings (John 13)
Gran Torino Jesus (John 14)
Front Porch Light (John 14:1-11)
That Dirty Little Four-Letter Word (John 14:15, 21)
Burnout (John 15:1-8)
Vertigo (John 15:1-17)
Entitlement (John 15:18-27)
Birth Pangs (John 16)
Dr. Phil (John 16:7-11)
Death Row (John 17)
Transition: Fifteen Minutes of Fame and the Hour of Glory
5 Humiliation/Glorification — John 18:1–20:23
Gimme Shelter (John 18:1-27)
The Inconvenient Truth (John 18–19)
Hurt (John 18–19)
Ground Zero (John 20:1-23)
Transition: Non-Members Only
6 Invitation — John 20:24–21:25
Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29)
Gone Fishing (John 21:1-23)
Bestseller (John 21:24-25)
7 A Final Word About God’s Word Made Flesh
Blown Away
Notes
About the author
Leonard Sweet is the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University in Madison, NJ and a visiting distinguished professor at George Fox University in Portland, Oregon. Previously Sweet served as vice president of acadmic affairs and dean of the Theological School at Drew University. Sweet is the author of many books, including Soul Tsunami and Aqua Church
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