The Gospel of John was written by John, the apostle, the son of Zebedee. He, along with his older brother James, was a fisherman. Peter, Andrew, James, and John, lived in a small fishing village on the Sea of Galilee. Oh, how things must have changed drastically that day when those four left their nets to follow Jesus. Some say the first 18 verses of John's gospel were a song sung in the early church. The life and miracles of Jesus in John's gospel reveal the theology of this song. The wor...

More than thirty years had passed since Jesus died on the cross, rose from the dead, and left behind an empty tomb. More than three decades had also passed since the Holy Spirit fell on those gathered in the Upper Room, fulfilling the Promise of the Father. Yet by A.D. 63-64, persecution against Christians was intensifying, and the fires of Pentecost seemed to be fading. The destruction of the Jerusalem temple was only a few years away (A.D. 70), and the years leading up to it were marked ...

The Gospel of John was written by John, the apostle, the son of Zebedee. He, along with his older brother James, was a fisherman. Peter, Andrew, James, and John, lived in a small fishing village on the Sea of Galilee. Oh, how things must have changed drastically that day when those four left their nets to follow Jesus. Some say the first 18 verses of John's gospel were a song sung in the early church. The life and miracles of Jesus in John's gospel reveal the theology of this song. The wor...