Michael Marshall

Lent with the Beloved Disciple (eBook, PDF)

The 2024 Lent Book

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The 2024 Bloomsbury Lent Book invites you on a six-week journey in the company of the 'beloved disciple' as found in the narrative of the Gospel of St John.

As the only disciple to have stayed close to Jesus at every stage from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion at Calvary, this eagle-eyed eyewitness intentionally records certain subtle details and signs which, when perceived with the eyes of faith, indicate a deeper and far lasting significance.

Michael Marshall explores what these signs are and how, with prayerful reflection, they draw us ever more deeply into the personal, eternal and cosmic significance and awareness of all that Christ accomplished by his death and resurrection - the Paschal Mystery.

Ideal for both individual use and for small group study, Lent with the Beloved Disciple takes us into the heart of that Paschal Mystery, by which all things in heaven and earth are ultimately fulfilled in the risen and ascended Christ, who is 'all in all'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399404907
• Artikelnr.: 69215528

Autorenporträt

Bishop Michael Marshall is a writer and spiritual director. He was the Vicar of All Saints Margaret Street in London and was Bishop of Woolwich at the age of 39, subsequently moving to the USA where he was the founding Director of the Anglican Institute. On returning to this country in 1992 he was appointed as one of the Advisors to the Archbishops of York and Canterbury for the Decade of Evangelism. He also lists concert pianist among his many accomplishments.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Gospel According to the Beloved Disciple
The Fourth Gospel & The Beloved Disciple
Interpreting the Signs in the Gospel of John
The Paschal Mystery
Journeying on the Pilgrim Way
The Sign of the Nautilus
Suggestions for the Study of this Course
Prologue
From the Old to the New
The Withdrawal of John the Baptist
From the Law to the Lawgiver
The End of Religion
Seeking and Searching
Information and Transformation
The Pilgrimage of Faith
Disciples and Discipleship
Witnessing from Experience
What's in a Name?
CHAPTER ONE
From a Different Perspective
The Seating Plan for the Supper
A Dispute among the Disciples
Servant Leadership
Stooping to Conquer
Christ as the High Priest of our Calling
From Rituals to Reality
Baptized for ministry
Judas
CHAPTER TWO
A Night to Remember
The Arrest of Jesus
Power and Authority
The Impetuous Simon
The Courtyard Scene
The Charcoal Fire
'Flawed but called'
God's Choices
CHAPTER THREE
The Power Game
The Abuse of Religious Power
People Power
A Different King and a Different Kingdom
Power or Authority
Judgement and Mercy
Power and Powerlessness
CHAPTER FOUR
The Transforming Power of Unconditional Love
The Death Sentence
The Achievement of the Cross
A Seamless Garment
Atonement and the Reordered Family of God
Atonement and the Unity of the Church
Peace and the Dividing Walls of Hostility
An All-embracing Love
In the Meantime
CHAPTER FIVE
The Dawn of the New Life
While it was still Dark
Vision and Perception
The New Life
Witnessing to Resurrection
On the Way and all the Way
Letting go and Moving on
The Apostolic Message
The Power of the Resurrection
Here, there and everywhere
CHAPTER SIX
Empowered for Mission
Rumours of Resurrection
A Transforming Encounter
The Credentials of the Risen Christ
The vulnerability of love
Christ's Mission and our Mission
The Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit
Walking by faith
Homeward Bound
EPILOGUE
The New Life in the Meantime
From the Old to the New
From Futile to Fruitful
Visibility and Recognition
Ownership and Partnership
A Charcoal Fire
A Greater Love
Knowledge and Love
The Way of Discipleship
And Finally