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John

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John 1Hard not to write 20 pages here. Some of the most theologically dense and important text in the Bible. In the beginning was the Logos. Logos is a concept in Greek philosophy. Jewish though tied Wisdom (a personification of God) and logos…4 notes · 4 sermons John 2I will never get over the fact that the first miracle of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John is turning water into wine at a wedding party. And not just a little wine - 120 to 180 gallons of the finest wine. The kind you save for last…3 notes · 1 sermon John 3Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. Verse 2:24 (from the end of chapter 2) says Jesus "would not entrust himself to them." It's interesting to see Jesus, in modern language, practicing boundaries. He knows that…3 notes · 2 sermons John 4Lynn Cohick writes in Women in the World of Earliest Christians: The Samaritan woman has been harshly treated by centuries of commentators who have labeled her a promiscuous vixen bent on seducing unsuspecting men, and who therefore…10 notes · 1 sermon John 5After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many ill, blind, lame, and paralyzed…3 notes John 6Note the differences between this version and the one in, say, Mark, where the disciples are the ones asking Jesus to send the people away. In John, it is Jesus who is testing Philip. I always like to point out that the children were a…11 notes John 7"Go to Judea" basically means "leave the backwater of Galilee and go to where the real action is happening" - Jerusalem, the center of power and religious authority. Jesus' brothers didn't believe in him, so this seems to be a ploy to get…3 notes · 1 sermon John 8This story is commonly called "Woman caught in adultery." However, a more appropriate title is "The woman nearly killed by murderous men." These legal experts don't care one bit about the woman, the adultery, or the sin. They care only…5 notes John 9This is one of my favorite chapters of Scripture. In it we see hypocrisy of religious leaders. We see Jesus' condemning a worldview that says, "If you're sick, it's because of sin." We see parents throwing their kid under the bus because…1 note John 10All who came before me are thieves and bandits. That’s some strong words. I am the gate. This definitely reminds of Psalm 23, " He makes me lie down in green pastures.” Thoughts on verse 10:…1 note John 12Why a Palm Sunday reading in January? Well, because John’s gospel is not chronologically organized. John actually writes as Jesus declining in popularity up to his death, whereas the synoptic gospels tell the story in chronological order,…2 notes · 1 sermon John 13I love the logical progression of John 13. We see that, verse 3, the Father has placed all things into Jesus' hands. (A key verse in understanding the mutual submission of the Trinity; the Father submits to the Son and the Spirit; the Son…1 note John 14“Do not let your hearts be disturbed. Believe in (Trust) God; believe also in me.10 notes · 1 sermon John 16President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had an unhealthy relationship with his mother, Sara Roosevelt. Sara insisted that she lived imminently close to her son at all times. When FDR married Eleanor, his mother Sara purchased two adjoining…1 note · 1 sermon John 17After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life (the life of the…3 notes John 18Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, but Peter was standing outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known…2 notes John 19I have the kind of job that can often shut down conversation, just as easily as it can help it take an interesting turn. When people ask what I do and I say, "I'm a pastor," they're pretty like to apologize for swearing so much and stop…1 note John 21It almost sounds absurd. After everything they've been through, after witnessing execution and resurrection, they go back to work. Peter says, "I'm going fishing." And the others say, "We'll go with you." It's so painfully mundane. After…6 notes · 2 sermons

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