{"id":15367,"date":"2026-03-20T03:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=15367"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:38:15","slug":"the-gospel-of-john-chapter-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=15367","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel Of John, Chapter 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Easter season, I am presenting the Gospel of John. John tells the story of resurrection better than the others, and so it is logical to present his version of Christ as the focus is on the miracles, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D4IFHE-HlHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gospel of John: Chapter 5.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4IFHE-HlHk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I appreciate your coming to visit. I truly do. I ask but small favors:<\/p>\n<p>First, pray for me. I am always in need of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Second, consider buying one of my audio books, as they are the source of funding for this website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B0DNKGJTG3\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-422075&amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_422075_pd_us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>High Jingo<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;begins with a young couple in love \u201cspelunking\u201d in a cave that isn\u2019t really a cave, but an abandoned mineshaft, a relic of a Gold Rush that wasn\u2019t really a \u201crush\u201d but more of a Gold Kerfuffle that never materialized. The couple is assisted by a beer-loving husky dog which eschews the normal protocols of an archaeological dig and willy-nilly unearths an artifact with Hebrew letters on it. And the reader thinks, \u201cThis is not your every-day story!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that reader is correct. Once again, three generations of the Wilder Bunch take us on an historical, occasionally hysterical, adventure. The story is as old as pogroms in Eastern Europe and as new as Jewish students being abused by pro-terrorist elements paying full tuition even at 4th rate diploma mills. A ripping yarn, full of love, courage and righteous anger, it careens from Medieval Hungary to Israel to a small rural town in Minnesota and up the road to St. Paul. As the old movie line goes, \u201cFasten your seatbelts; it\u2019s going to be a bumpy ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B0DNKGJTG3\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-422075&amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_422075_pd_us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15011 lazy-loaded\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/high-jingo-audio-book.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/high-jingo-audio-book.jpg 500w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/high-jingo-audio-book-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/high-jingo-audio-book-300x300.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/high-jingo-audio-book.jpg\" data-srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the busy season, but what a delight that the third book of Summer 2024 is now available.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B0DBBJLZYM\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-407835&amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_407835_pd_us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIMPLE GRIFTS<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/author\/Max-Cossack\/B09FKPFLWX?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;ref=a_pd_Simple_c1_author_1&amp;pf_rd_p=df6bf89c-ab0c-4323-993a-2a046c7399f9&amp;pf_rd_r=8VKRKSHNB1FP43ZY9KHG&amp;pageLoadId=JHrJLH9XNrbmZqJp&amp;creativeId=16015ba4-2e2d-4ae3-93c5-e937781a25cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Cossack<\/a>&nbsp;is a fun book to say the least. I have read every one of Max\u2019s works, and was honored to be allowed to record this book. (I\u2019ll be doing more in the coming months.) If you haven\u2019t read\/listened to any of his books, start today: he\u2019s brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the summary:<\/p>\n<p>Professor Soren Pafko has made a life and career out of lying, conniving, manipulating, and abusing everyone in his path. So far, it\u2019s working great: he\u2019s Chair of his College\u2019s Department of Comparative Literature; he\u2019s leader of the local chapter of the Democratic Communists of America; and when he wants to cheat on his wife, he\u2019s got his pick of women who think he\u2019s the second coming of Che Guevara. In short, his life is peachy. But when he flunks local yokel Gus Dropo\u2019s teenage son for a politically incorrect classroom comment, everything in Professor Pafko\u2019s world begins to go hilariously wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B0DBBJLZYM\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-407835&amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_407835_pd_us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14960 lazy-loaded\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/simple-grifts.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/simple-grifts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/simple-grifts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/simple-grifts-300x300.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/simple-grifts.jpg\" data-srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*** *** ***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Easter season, I am presenting the Gospel of John. 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