Articles by JoshOlds

Five Minute Devotions: John 21 The book of John concludes in a sort of post-Resurrection epilogue. The end of John 20 would have been a worthwhile end to the book, but John continues to write […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 20 There is much that we could say about this chapter in John, from the hilarious to the serious. For instance, John never mentions himself by name in the Gospel, referring […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 19 John 19 takes us from the flogging of Jesus through his burial. It’s a story that’s been told and retold a million times. It’s a sermon that’s been preached in […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 18 As we get into the final hours of Jesus, the plotline of John has slowed to almost show us events in real time. John 1 sets us up from eternity […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 17 John 17 records an otherwise unmentioned part of the Passion story. The disciples have left the Upper Room and are on their way to Gethsemane when Jesus stops to pray. […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 16 John 16 is a continuation of the conversation that Jesus began during the Last Supper in John 13. The disciples are now in Gethsemane and Jesus’s arrest and crucifixion are […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 15 John 15 records the final I AM statement of Jesus, the seventh such statement that John has focused on throughout the Gospel. Jesus has used the same words used to […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 14 Up until this point in the Last Supper, Jesus has said that he will go away, that one of his closest disciples will betray him, and that the rest will […]

Five Minute Devotions: John 13 John 13 transitions into the Last Supper. Unlike the relatively quick look that Matthew, Mark, and Luke give us, John goes into sprawling detail over four chapters about the conversations […]