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Memory and Imagination
A key concept in Deuteronomy 8 is memory. In v2, Moses challenges his hearers to remember God’s past activity, especially how he guided...

Christopher Diebold
May 16, 20243 min read
Not Being Conformed to This World
For the Christian, there is a close relationship between Deut 6:4-9 and Rom 12:2. To love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and might...

Christopher Diebold
May 7, 20243 min read
Continuation to the End
With the end of John’s gospel, there is still a continuation of the story and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Underlying all of the...

Christopher Diebold
Apr 30, 20243 min read
The Power of Reading Out Loud
In the follow-up after Jesus’ third post-resurrection appearance to his disciples, John records the familiar conversation between Jesus...

Christopher Diebold
Apr 23, 20243 min read
Christ's Power and the Church's Mission
A potential concern that may have circulated among the disciples after the resurrection is whether or not Jesus was going to be actively...

Christopher Diebold
Apr 16, 20243 min read
My Lord and My God
When Thomas exclaims, “My Lord and my God,” it is a pivotal moment in both Thomas’ life and John’s gospel, and it is all the more...

Christopher Diebold
Apr 9, 20243 min read
The Church and the Kingdom of God
As John records his version of the great commission in John 20:19-23, he begins with a display of Christ’s victory over sin, death, and...

Christopher Diebold
Apr 4, 20243 min read
The Strangeness of the Easter Garden
As we turn from a lengthy consideration of the passion and death of the Lord Jesus Christ in John’s gospel, we encounter a rich...

Christopher Diebold
Mar 26, 20243 min read
Between Death and Resurrection
In John’s gospel, there is a brief description of what happened to Jesus’ lifeless body between his death and resurrection. Though it is...

Christopher Diebold
Mar 19, 20243 min read
A Faith in What Has Been Seen
The apostle John opens his first letter with a concentration of sense-perception verbs, which sets the tone for the rest of the letter....

Christopher Diebold
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Redemption in the Ordinary
John’s narration of Christ’s crucifixion surprisingly says little about Christ’s crucifixion. Beyond the bare essentials like the place...

Christopher Diebold
Mar 5, 20243 min read
The Paradoxical Kingdom of God
On the verge of his crucifixion, Jesus of Nazareth is presented by John as the despised and rejected Messiah. He is despised by the...

Christopher Diebold
Feb 27, 20244 min read
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