The gospel itself suggests that its members were in conflict with the followers of John the Baptist and were undergoing a painful separation from Judaism. The group itself was probably undergoing ...

So, the pastor invited his congregants to join him in a Lenten challenge to read a chapter of John a day, starting the day after Ash Wednesday and concluding just before Palm Sunday, March 24.

A dozen years ago, when encountering the Gospel of John while planning Holy Week liturgies, I remembered that class. We ended up dividing John's text among four readers, rehearsed it, and offered it ...

March 17, 2024, the Fifth Sunday of Lent: As the church nears the end of this somber season, the Gospel of John ascends to a beautiful interpretation of Jesus’ approaching hour of glorification.

May 14, 2023, the Sixth Sunday of Easter: The fourth Gospel leans into the personal affection between God and the individual. ... This is the novel idea expressed in the Gospel of John.

Around 70 students huddled over the campus sidewalk on the night of March 10 with the goal of writing out the entire Gospel of John — 879 verses — across their public university campus by ...

This evidence aligns with the Gospel of John’s description of the site where Jesus was crucified and buried. “Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, ...

E lizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

Christianity sets a pretty high value on truth versus lying, as evidenced above all by the Gospel of John. “I am the way and the truth and the life, “ Jesus tells the disciples.

Among other things, John’s gospel includes a series of echoes of the Genesis story of creation, Wright says. Chapter 1 even starts with the Genesis line, “In the beginning. ...

The Gospel of John Embedded in the so-called "spiritual gospel" is an architectural hostility toward Judaism. L. Michael White: Professor of Classics and Director of the Religious Studies Program ...