Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John

Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John''s doctrine of salvation fails to align with its customary depiction in Johannine scholarship. Sousa suggests that, according to John, the human predicament is not merely “unbelief” or a lack of mental perception, and Jesus''s mission consists not merely of “revelation” and/or a purely forensic atonement. Rather, Jesus is (for John) the o...