S6 E8: John 1
Show notes
Welcome to Season 6 of Down Under Theology, a podcast equipping and encouraging Australian Christians to get down and under the theology impacting the life and mission of the church.
In Season 6 of the show, we’re working our way through the story of the Bible in 12 key passages. Together, these passages will take us from creation to new creation, across the different sections and genres of Scripture, with Christ at the centre.
In this episode, Allister, Cam and Murray discuss John 1:1–18 and the prologue to John’s Gospel. They explore how John’s Gospel relates to the Synoptics, how the prologue echoes Genesis 1 and the revelation of God’s glory at Sinai, and how to hear Old Testament allusions when reading the New Testament. They also look at the shape of the prologue and its likely chiastic structure, centred on the Word becoming flesh so that we might become children of God.
They also consider how the prologue displays the full deity of the Son, the incarnation and the light shining in the darkness, and how Jesus makes the Father known. They reflect on what this means for the church as the children of God drawn from every nation, and for the hope of seeing Christ’s glory face to face in the new creation.
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S6 Episode 8 – Show Notes
Recommended Resources –
- The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary) by D. A. Carson
- John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) by Edward W. Klink III
- CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament edited by G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd
- Father, Son and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel (New Studies in Biblical Theology) by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain
- Devotions on the Gospel of John for Teens (four-book series: Who Is Jesus?, Humble Servant, The Way, the Truth, and the Life and That You Might Believe) by Abby Van Solkema
Many of these resources are available to borrow from the Christ College Library. General library membership is $100 per year.
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