Letters of John: Love, Truth and Victory
Course Introduction
Understand the meaning of love, truth, and victory in the Johannine Letters, and how they speak to us today.
Many are intrigued by the three letters of John, which differ significantly in their structure and context. But all three of them emphasise the importance of love, truth, and victory. In fact, the Letters are unique especially because they have the most references to ‘love’ within one chapter – and they are the only New Testament texts that specifically mention the ‘antichrist’!
Why are love, truth and victory so emphasised in these Letters? Who is the antichrist? What is ‘perfect love’, and why is it so important to know that it ‘casts out fear’?
As we study the Johannine Letters together, we will develop an in-depth knowledge of the themes of love, truth, and victory in these writings, and the reason they receive so much emphasis. We will learn why they were so crucial for the early church, and how we may take the lessons gained from these letters and apply them in our own contexts today.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Understand the structure and context of the Johannine Letters
- Describe the purpose and pastoral goals of each Johannine Letter
- Recognise the reasons behind the emphasis on love, truth, and victory in the Letters
- Draw relevant applications from each Johannine Letter for the world today
Course Details
| Course Duration: | 6 sessions |
| Course Dates: | Wednesdays, 7 May - 18 June 2025 (no class on 28 May) |
| Time | 19:30-21:00 UK time |
| Location: | Online, Zoom |
| Cost: | £74.50 | Early-bird discount extended to 21 April 2025!!! and receive an extra 30% off: £52.15! |
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Course Tutors
Dr Ahreum Kim
BA (Yale), MDiv (Torch Trinity Graduate University), MPhil, PhD (Cambridge)
After studying anthropology at Yale University as an undergraduate, Ahreum received a Master of Divinity at Torch Trinity Graduate University in South Korea and an MPhil and PhD specialising in New Testament theology at the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation, The Countercultural Victory of 1 John in Greco-Roman Context, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023, and she served as editor for Professor Morna Hooker’s essay compilation, Old and New: Essays in Continuity and Discontinuity in the New Testament (Mohr Siebeck, 2024). Ahreum writes and edits for a daily devotional called Living Life while doing some teaching and research in Cambridge. She is currently completing her second monograph on the disciples of Jesus’ inner circle–Peter, James, and John.
