Scripture: One Book at a Time
The whole of Sacred Scripture is a single narrative that promises and points to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of the World. It is an epic story, the greatest ever told, and told "one book at a time." Each book makes it contribution to the narrative as God reveals God's self to us and his desire that all be saved.
Lesson 54 – The Gospel of John (Part 1)
Among the Scriptural testimony we have to the life of Jesus is the fourth Gospel, attributed to the Apostle John, which says that “he who saw it has borne witness–his testimony is true” (Jn 19:35); and “this is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things; and we know that his testimony is true” (Jn 21:24). Yet in its witness The Gospel of John is quite different in character from the three synoptic gospels. It is highly literary and symbolic. It does not follow the same order or reproduce the same stories as the synoptic gospels. To a much greater degree, it is the product of a developed theological reflection and grows out of a different circle and tradition. This is the first of a two-part study into the Gospel of John.