Emphasis Preaching Journal

There are those who read the gospel of John and imagine that there they find more Gnosticism than Christianity. I am not convinced of that. What I am convinced of is that the writer was addressing a group of people for whom he had to develop a special way of speaking and to use special language. Remember, the gospel of John was addressed to a largely Gentile (Greek) church and has a quite different intent than the other gospels.