These videos consist of a series of questions answered by Dr. Gieschen and Dr. Lewis covering the book of John.
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01 - What makes John a great place to start reading the Bible?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains why John is a good book to start with in reading about God and his plan.
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02 - How does one help others to understand the opening verses of John?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains The Word has a special meaning to the Jewish readers of John in the first century.
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03 - What does John mean when he talks about the Word becoming flesh?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the dual use of flesh in the book of John.
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04 - How does one explain John's language of glory and only-begotten to others?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains what the concept of glory means in first century Judaism.
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05 - What does John mean when he says no one has seen God?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains that no one has seen the full glory of God since before Adam and Eve fell into sin.
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06 - What does John mean when he calls Jesus the Lamb of God?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the lamb analogy in the book of John.
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07 - What does Jesus mean when talking to Nathaniel?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains why the first encounter of Jesus and Nathaniel is important to John's Gospel.
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08 - Why does John call Jesus' miracles signs?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains why John calls Jesus' miracles signs because they point to who Jesus is as foretold in the Old Testament.
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09 - What is the significance of Jesus' turning water to wine?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the significance of the miracle of changing water into wine at the wedding at Canna.
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10 - Why does John place the cleansing of the temple where he does in his Gospel?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains why John may have places the cleansing of the Temple early in Jesus ministry while the other Gospels place it later.
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11 - When should a vicar or a pastor wear a clerical collar?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains when it is best to wear the clerical collar and when you might choose not to.
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12 - How does Jesus connect being born again to Baptism in John?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains what Jesus meant by being born again.
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13 - Why does Jesus use the language of being lifted up to speak of his death?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains that Jesus used language that the Jewish people would have understood to get his message across to them.
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14 - How can John be used to communicate that Jesus came to save all people?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen shows where John points to the whole world is to be saved by Christ.
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15 - What does Jesus mean when he tells the Samaritan woman that worshippers will worship in spirit and in truth?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen uses the Samaritan woman at the well to explain that there is only one way to the living water.
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16 - How can John be used to show a right picture of Jesus' relationship with the Father and with us?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the relationship between God and Jesus found in the book of John.
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17 - What name is being referred to with all the talk in John of believing in his name?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the importance of the name of God is shared by the Trinity.
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18 - What does the Gospel of John say about when eternal life begins?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains when eternal life begins.
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19 - What is the significance of Jesus' I am sayings?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the significance of the "I am" statements found in John.
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20 - When Jesus says just "I am," what is being communicated there?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains that Jesus uses the "I am" statement to identify himself as God to the Jewish people,
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21 - What is the significance of Jesus saying that he is the bread of life?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the bread of life imagery and how it expresses the fullness of God's plan.
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22 - What is the relationship between John 6 and the Lord's Supper?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains that John 6 is not directly about the Lord's Supper but does foreshadow the Lord's Supper.
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23 - What is the relationship between water, the spirit, and baptism in John?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains the significance between the water, Spirit and baptism.
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24 - How does one explain the account of the woman caught in adultery and its place in the text of John?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieschen explains why "The Woman Caught in Adultery" is in John but that it might not be in the original writings of John.
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25 - How does John address the matter of sin as an inherited condition?
Charles Gieschen
Dr. Grieshen explains we have inherited sin not just the sins we commit and forgiveness comes only through Christ.
