Jesus for Life

“In this deceptively simple—but actually sophisticated—reading of John’s gospel, Richard Briggs reminds us that John’s stories are about Jesus and about us. Like John’s Gospel itself, Jesus for Life is life-giving: full of practical wisdom, inspiration, and resurrection hope.”


—Michael J. Gorman, Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology, St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore





“There is so much compressed into this short book. Jesus for Life offers highly sophisticated theological interpretations of John’s Gospel that read like conversations at the kitchen table. And that conversation is not just between the reader and Briggs, a seasoned biblical scholar and church leader. His engaging style and pastoral wisdom bring us to the table of John the Evangelist and Jesus himself, the One who gives us life.”


—Andrew J. Byers, Director of the Free Church Track and Lecturer in New Testament at Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham University  





“Spiritual interpretations of the Bible are often heavy-handed, ponderous, or ethereally irrelevant to how we actually live. Not Richard Briggs's. These meditations on the Fourth Gospel are down to earth, plain-spoken, tough-minded, even zany at times. If you've secretly believed that the discipline of ruminating on Scripture is necessarily boring, useless, or both, let this book convince you otherwise.”


—Wesley Hill, Associate Professor of New Testament, Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania