Author Archives: LeGrand Baker

John 6:22-71 — God already knows who will be saved, so why do we need free agency? — LeGrand Baker

Posted on November 22, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

If God already knows everything from the beginning to the end, then the question is, “Do we really have free agency or are we just acting out a script that is already written?” The Savior’s sermon on the Bread of … Continue reading →

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John 6:1-14 — Feeding the 5,000 — LeGrand Baker

Posted on November 16, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

There is a clear pattern in John’s gospel. It begins with the testimony that Jesus is Jehovah; then teaches about John the Baptist’s premortal call and Jesus’s calling of the Twelve based on his foreknowledge of who they were (Nathanael: … Continue reading →

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John 5:15-47 — Jesus’s relationship with his Father — LeGrand Baker

Posted on November 9, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

The Gospel of John is a testimony rather than a history. The Book of Mormon is the same. Their authors selected sermons that taught principles, then stories that reinforced the messages of the sermons. Both follow the encoded pattern of … Continue reading →

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John 4:23-26 & Isaiah 42:5-16 — “I am he” — LeGrand Baker

Posted on October 30, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

During the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well, 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto … Continue reading →

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John 4:23-24 — ‘God is a spirit’ [?] — LeGrand Baker

Posted on October 25, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

The Savior said to the woman at the well, 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God … Continue reading →

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John 4:5-44 — Teach without Prejudice — LeGrand Baker

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LeGrand Baker

Many species of animals are territorial and will defend their home or hunting ground with great vigor. Humans are territorial in that same way, but in many other ways as well. Our territory might be the high school “in-group” that … Continue reading →

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