About this episode
The episode discusses the concept of darkness in relation to spiritual blindness and the recognition of Jesus as the eternal Word and Light of the world.
Share a comment Darkness isn’t only “out there” in the culture; it shows up in our assumptions, our skepticism, and the ways we explain away Jesus before we ever really look at Him. We return to John 1 and start where the Gospel starts: Jesus Christ as the eternal Word, the Logos, fully God, active in creation, and shining as the Light of the world. From there, we follow John’s blunt assessment of human reaction to that light. Sometimes we simply don’t recognize it, because spiritual blindne...
People in this episode
Host: Stephen Davey
Topics covered
- darkness
- spiritual blindness
- Jesus as the Light
- Gospel of John
- human reaction to light
Keywords
- darkness
- spiritual blindness
- Jesus
- Gospel of John
- Logos
- light of the world
- human reaction
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: John 1
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