Christ Church - Johns Creek, GA

Pastor Ben Presten:

In this sermon, we reach the climax of John’s Gospel with Jesus’ triumphal entry and the turning point toward his death. We explore how Jesus fulfills Old Testament messianic promises, show why his humble kingship on a donkey was needed, and reveal that his death is the seed for a worldwide harvest.

Listeners are invited to embrace the cross-shaped life—dying to self to gain true life—and to find hope in the promise of resurrection and reward that follows sacrificial obedience.

Pastor Ben Presten:

This sermon explores John 12, where Mary anoints Jesus with costly perfume, Judas objects and later betrays him, and the crowd reacts to the raising of Lazarus. The scene sets the stage for Jesus’ approaching death and the religious leaders’ plot.

The sermon contrasts Mary’s thoughtful, humble, heart-led worship with Judas’s love of self, wealth, and the world, calling listeners to be captivated by Christ’s grace and to let that captivation overflow into genuine worship.

Student Ministry Lead Brendan Leone:

This sermon walks through John 11:25–57, exploring how Jesus reveals the glory of God in compassion, righteous anger, faithful promise-keeping, and the substitutionary way of the cross.

Using the story of Lazarus, the speaker shows how suffering, death, and resurrection point us to Christ’s mercy and justice and invites listeners to behold and trust in his work for life.

Pastor Nathan Sing:

This sermon walks through John 11:1–27, exploring Jesus’ loving delay, the purpose behind suffering, and Martha’s confession that Jesus is the resurrection and the life. The sermon emphasizes that God’s timing is for our good and His glory and invites listeners to personally trust Christ.

Pastor Ben Presten:

This sermon explains two key "I AM" statements: Jesus as the Door and the Good Shepherd. The preacher highlights our condition as wandering, helpless sheep and the hope we have in a shepherd who knows us, calls us by name, lays down his life, and leads us to abundant and secure life.

The message calls listeners to recognize their need, hear and follow Christ’s voice, and trust his protection and guiding love.

Pastor Ben Presten:

This sermon works through John 9, where Jesus heals a man born blind and reveals the deeper truth of spiritual sight. Pastor Ben traces six scenes of the story, highlights the disciples' blind spots, the Pharisees' pride, and the parents' fear, and shows how Jesus turns physical healing into a call to spiritual sight.

The message emphasizes that salvation is seeing: those whose eyes are opened respond with surrender, bold testimony, and worship, and are sent to help others see the light of Christ.

Pastor Kevin Stradley:

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin walks through John 8 (vv.31–59), highlighting Jesus’ claims of unity with the Father, the contrast between the father of lies and the Father of truth, and the promise that abiding in Christ’s word brings true freedom from sin.

Drawing lines to the Feast of Booths and a Father’s Day context, the message calls listeners to receive Christ’s word, confess sin, and bring others from darkness into the light of the gospel.

Pastor Ben Presten:

This sermon examines John 8:12-30, where Jesus declares, "I am the light of the world." It covers his confrontation with the Pharisees, the call to believe and follow Christ rather than a personal or modified Jesus, and the warning that rejecting him leads to dying in sin. The sermon points to the cross as the clearest revelation of the Father and invites listeners to turn from darkness to the light of life.

Pastor Ben Presten:

Jesus stands at the Feast and invites the thirsty to come, believe, and receive the Spirit so that the life of Christ fills them.

As we drink deeply through Scripture by the Spirit, our hearts are renewed and overflow in words and actions that bless and testify to others.

Guest Preacher Ben Whittinghill:

He challenges religious hypocrisy, explains his obedience to the Father, and on the feast’s final day invites the thirsty to come to him and receive the Spirit — rivers of living water for all who believe.