Poetry provides a different way of using language, Raymond. I can't see
anything in what John has written that is at odds with John's (or any other)
gospel.
All good wishes,
Martin
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of dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 14 December 2020 12:32
To: methmins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <methmins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [methmins] Re: John's nativity and beyond
It might be a good poem, but it's not what I believe and it's not what John's
Gospel tells us. John clearly says that Jesus was the son of Joseph (John 1.45
and 6.42). There's much in John about resurrection, but I haven't found
anything in that gospel about atonement. The emphasis is on the way from death
to life and the glorification of Jesus.
Raymond Garfoot.
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From: John Barnett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: methmins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:01
Subject: [methmins] Re: John's nativity and beyond
Beautiful and moving, John.
Thank you
John Barnett
On 14 December 2020 at 11:56 "W. John Young" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all
Here's a few lines I put together in reflecting on John's gospel for a Bible
study and where the nativity is expressed concisely in 1:14.
No broken waters that presage a birth,
Or of the mother’s pain, and blood, no sight;
Just that the Word took flesh and lived on earth,
Fullness of truthful grace, of life and light.
Yet at the cross, water and blood are seen,
Signs of the Lamb removing human sin
And living water from the Nazarene,
Received by faith, creating life within.
W John Young December 2020.
grace and peace
John Y
