 | William G. Storey - 2004 - 287 pages
...the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal... | |
 | Al Cole - 2005 - 133 pages
...against God. One verse the Leader read stayed with him: "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (John .12:24) The Man knew his old way of life had to die. When it was time for him to tell his story to the small... | |
 | Amy Welborn - 2009 - 408 pages
...let you strengthen me to make life-giving choices. "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...but if it dies, it bears much fruit." -JOHN 12:24 In the world's eyes, death is the end. In the kingdom where God reigns, death is an opportunity for... | |
 | Luci Shaw - 2005 - 144 pages
...this — and he ought to know: he lived and died fulfilling the metaphor — "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24). toward risk by the desire to prove myself, or to be a star, or to make my mark, or to show my superiority... | |
 | Margaret Eileen Meredith - 2005 - 164 pages
...seem like death, it is actually a precursor to new life: Verily, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth, and dies, it remains just a...but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24) Here again the duality of nature is apparent. Not all seeds become fruitful. This reality is described... | |
 | Steven J. L. Croft, Roger L. Walton - 2005 - 232 pages
...gives us a picture of new life coming after and through death. When Jesus says 'Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit' (John 1 2.24), he is referring to his own life but also pointing to the nature of Christian pilgrimage and... | |
 | Michael Bulson - 2005 - 238 pages
...hour has conic for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single...grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:23) The good news, the announcement that Jesus' hour had come, was not expressed in millions of... | |
 | Ivan Hawk - 2005 - 249 pages
..."The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal... | |
 | Frederick Alfred De Armas - 2005 - 260 pages
...Colonna via the works of Camerarius is not definitive (Morton 1981, 127). 21. "unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." 22. It is significant that this conflict is over the content, not the nature, of emblematic representation.... | |
 | Stephen J. Binz - 2005 - 140 pages
...hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. KThose who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal... | |
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