The last chapter, John 21 serves an epilogue to the Gospel and, in a simple sentence, Saint John describes how much I appreciate this Gospel: “There are also many other things that Jesus did ...

This is made clear by the Gospel of John chapter 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

So, the pastor invited his congregants to join him in a Lenten challenge to read a chapter of John a day, starting the day after Ash Wednesday and concluding just before Palm Sunday, March 24.

John has been building toward this statement for a long time. In chapter 1, he describes the ministry of Christ as an outpouring of divine fullness: “From his fullness we have all received ...