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About Plymothian

I teach at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. My interests include education, biblical studies, and spiritual formation. I have been married to Kelli since 1998 and we have two children, Daryl and Amelia. For recreation I like to run, play soccer, play board games, read and travel.

John 16:1-33 John 14 Mk II

 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And … Continue reading

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John 15:18-27 Hate Crimes Against Minority

 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose … Continue reading

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John 15:1-17 Questioning the Vine

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already … Continue reading

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John 14:25-31The Helper Will Come

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that … Continue reading

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John 14:15-25 Love First, Commandment Second

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[f] to be with you for ever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it … Continue reading

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John 14:8-14 Greater Works

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen … Continue reading

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John 14:1-7 I Am the Way … to the Father

 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And … Continue reading

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John 14:1 Something to Meditate Upon

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” Something to Meditate Upon I found myself struck afresh by this verse, especially give the context in which it is found.  Read it to yourself a few … Continue reading

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John 13: 36-38 We Don’t Know Ourselves

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterwards.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I … Continue reading

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John 13:31-35 Love and Glory

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, … Continue reading

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