Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI
Devotional Sermons on the Vine, Farewell Discourse, Passion, Resurrection, and PeterBy Alexander Maclaren
Length12h 56m
About this audiobook
In *Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI*, Alexander Maclaren offers a sustained devotional and exegetical reading of the Fourth Gospel's concluding chapters. His commentary follows Christ's farewell discourse, the imagery of the vine and branches, the promise of the Paraclete, the high-priestly prayer, the Passion, Resurrection, and restoration of Peter. Maclaren's prose combines close attention to biblical language with rhetorical clarity, spiritual application, and a distinctly homiletic cadence. Situated within the Victorian tradition of evangelical exposition, the work is neither a technical critical commentary nor a merely subjective meditation: it interprets Johannine theology—love, abiding, witness, glory, sacrifice, and belief—through sermons designed to move both intellect and conscience. Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) was a prominent English Baptist minister, celebrated for the literary force and biblical seriousness of his preaching. His long ministry at Union Chapel, Manchester, brought him into sustained contact with the intellectual and pastoral questions of an industrializing society, while his wide reading and command of English prose shaped his method of exposition. These circumstances help explain the book's characteristic union of doctrinal reflection, ethical urgency, and accessible address. Maclaren writes as a preacher seeking to make Scripture livingly intelligible to ordinary congregations without sacrificing theological depth. This volume is especially valuable for readers who wish to encounter John 15–21 as both a theological narrative and a summons to Christian discipleship. Students of Victorian religious literature will appreciate its period style and interpretive assumptions, while ministers, teachers, and general readers will find rich material for meditation, preaching, and study. Its warmth, coherence, and disciplined attention to the Gospel make it a persuasive companion to the text.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length12 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateNov 23, 2023
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Table of contents
1The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude
2THE TRUE VINE
3THE TRUE BRANCHES OF THE TRUE VINE
4ABIDING IN LOVE
5THE ONENESS OF THE BRANCHES
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6CHRIST'S FRIENDS
7SHEEP AMONG WOLVES
8THE WORLD'S HATRED, AS CHRIST SAW IT
9OUR ALLY
10WHY CHRIST SPEAKS
11THE DEPARTING CHRIST AND THE COMING SPIRIT
12THE CONVICTING FACTS
13THE GUIDE INTO ALL TRUTH
14CHRIST'S 'LITTLE WHILES'
15SORROW TURNED INTO JOY
16'IN THAT DAY'
17THE JOYS OF 'THAT DAY'
18'FROM' AND 'TO'
19GLAD CONFESSION AND SAD WARNING
20PEACE AND VICTORY
21THE INTERCESSOR
22THE HIGH PRIEST'S PRAYER
23THE FOLDED FLOCK
24CHRIST'S SUMMARY OF HIS WORK
25CHRIST AND HIS CAPTORS
26JESUS BEFORE CAIAPHAS
27ART THOU A KING?
28JESUS SENTENCED
29AN EYE-WITNESS'S ACCOUNT OF THE CRUCIFIXION
30THE TITLE ON THE CROSS
31THE IRREVOCABLE PAST
32CHRIST'S FINISHED AND UNFINISHED WORK
33CHRIST OUR PASSOVER
34JOSEPH AND NICODEMUS
35THE GRAVE IN A GARDEN
36THE RESURRECTION MORNING
37THE RISEN LORD'S CHARGE AND GIFT
38THOMAS AND JESUS
39THE SILENCE OF SCRIPTURE
40AN ELOQUENT CATALOGUE
41THE BEACH AND THE SEA
42'IT IS THE LORD!'
43'LOVEST THOU ME?'
44YOUTH AND AGE, AND THE COMMAND FOR BOTH
45'THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT'
46END OF VOL. III.
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