During the weekdays and Saturdays of Lent, we’re bringing you daily podcasts from the Gospel of John – “the disciple whom Jesus loved”. Starting with an introduction from Canon Christopher Thomas on Shrove Tuesday, ‘Reading John in Lent’ starts in earnest on Ash Wednesday with John 1: 1-18, telling us how “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” – Jesus Christ, the only Son from the Father. We then follow the Gospel through all 22 chapters concluding on the Friday of Easter Week. Join us as for ‘Reading John in Lent’. Taken from the English Standard Version of the Bible.
17th March 2023
Today we listen to all of Chapter 9. It’s the story of Jesus healing the man born blind.
The Jews question the man and ask whether he wants to become one of Jesus’s disciples:
“Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
16th March 2023
Jesus tells the Jews who believe in him that the truth will set them free.
He says to the Jews who seek to kill him: “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.”
He tells the doubters they are of the devil and says “Before Abraham was, I am.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
15th March 2023
Today we listen to the story of the woman caught in adultery.
Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
We then learn that Jesus is the light of the world.
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
14th March 2023
On the last day of the feast, Jesus cries out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” He tells people that if they believe, out of their hearts will flow “living water”.
There are still doubts about Christ and his teaching. There is division among the people.
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
13th March 2023
It was the Feast of Booths and the Jews were seeking to kill Jesus. Not even his brothers, his disciples, believed in him so Jesus said to them:
“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
11th March 2023
Today, after much grumbling, the disciples acknowledge that Jesus has the words of eternal life. Simon Peter says:
“You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
10th March 2023
The Jews grumble about Jesus for saying he is “the bread that came down from heaven.” Harder still for them to fathom, Jesus says that the bread that he gives for the life of the world is his flesh.
“For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
9th March 2023
The crowd found Jesus on the other side of the sea after the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus talks about the bread of God – he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
Jesus says to them: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
8th March 2023
Jesus goes up a mountain near the Sea of Galilee and performs the only miracle recorded in all four gospels – the feeding of the five thousand.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake to cross to Capernaum. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake towards the boat.
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
7th March 2023
This reading from John sees the authority of the Son affirmed. Jesus says to the Jews:
“For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. Whoever does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.”
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
6th March 2023
Jesus encounters a sick man at a pool called Bethesda in Jerusalem. He had been unable to walk for 38 years. Jesus says to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” The Jews persecute Jesus for healing on the Sabbath, but he says, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
The chapter concludes with the second sign – the healing of the official’s son.
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
4th March 2023
The disciples are urging Jesus to eat, but he says to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”
Meanwhile the woman of Samaria has given her testimony and many Samaritans visit Jesus. They believed because of his word.
The chapter concludes with the second sign – the healing of the official’s son.
During Lent, we’re reading the Gospel of John every weekday and Saturday of the season. In fact, the series concludes on the Friday of Easter Week. Using the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), we’ll journey through John deepening our relationship with the Risen Christ.
You can subscribe to listen to Reading John in Lent using your podcasting platform of choice. Subscribe using Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. You can also use the RSS Feed.
