In His Footsteps

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John wrote his Gospel so that you might believe, and that believing, you might have life in His name. Of the four Gospels, his walks closest to the heart of Jesus. It is the Gospel of signs and of the great I AM statements, of long conversations by night and at a well, of the upper room and the prayer Jesus prayed for His own.

In His Footsteps walks through John in fifty-two weekly readings, one for every week of the year. Each week centers on a passage of the Gospel and opens it with careful commentary, drawing out its meaning for the life of faith.

The first half of the year follows the story in order. It begins with the Word made flesh and John the Baptist's testimony, then moves through the signs: water turned to wine, the royal official's son, the paralytic at Bethesda, the five thousand fed, the walk on the water, the man born blind, and Lazarus raised from the dead. Along the way come Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the Bread of Life, the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Good Shepherd. The readings then enter the final week: the washing of feet, the vine and the branches, the high priestly prayer, the arrest, trial, crucifixion, and burial, and the morning Mary met Him in the garden.

The second half gathers John's great themes: the divinity of Christ, faith and belief, the work of the Holy Spirit, new birth, living water, light and darkness, the new commandment, friendship with Jesus, joy, abiding in Him, and the sovereignty of God.

For personal devotion, families, or small groups, this is a year spent walking where He walked, and learning to follow.