Dwelling House Church

A lamp doesn’t light up because it tries harder — it lights up when it’s connected. On the night before the cross, Jesus answers His disciples’ unspoken question, how do we do this without You, with a picture: “I am the true vine.” From John 15, Pastor Jay shows that pruning isn’t punishment, that we are clean because of His word, and that the whole chapter comes down to one word: abide.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 15:1–6

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When Thomas asked, “How can we know the way?” Jesus didn't hand him directions. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” From John 14, Pastor Jay shows how Jesus answers troubled and lost hearts with reassurance, not scolding, and why every other road asks us to climb while Jesus is the road that came down to us.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 14:1–6

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Martha and Mary both told Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here.” Walking through the raising of Lazarus in John 11, Pastor Jay shows that Jesus' delay was full of love, that He meets us with both truth and tears, and that resurrection is not only a future event but a person we can trust right now.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 11:1–44

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Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd,” the one who gives His life for the sheep and doesn't run when the wolf comes. Pastor Jay contrasts the hired hand with the Good Shepherd and invites us to stop shepherding ourselves, trusting Jesus with our provision, protection, and direction because He knows us completely and still chooses us.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 10:11–13

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Jesus said, “I am the door.” On a baptism Sunday, Pastor Jay describes the shepherd who lay across the sheepfold's opening, shows that Jesus' invitation is open to anyone, and traces Noah's ark, Passover, and the Red Sea to baptism, the public sign of a heart that has already come to Jesus.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 10:7–9

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Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.” Drawing on John 8 and the healing of the man born blind, Pastor Jay invites us to bring every hidden area into Jesus' light and to follow Him, not just know about Him, trusting Him for the next step even before we understand it.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 8:12

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In the first of Jesus' seven “I am” statements in John, Pastor Jay asks what we're really hungry for. Everything else we feed on wears off, but Jesus doesn't just give bread; He is the bread of life. We partake of Him by coming to Him and believing, and we keep coming every day.

Pastor Jay Genin · John 6:26–69

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Coming home from a battle he never asked for, Abram is met by Melchizedek with bread and wine and a name for God: God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth. From Genesis 14, Pastor Jay shows how the giants in our lives get promoted to the highest place — and how Jesus, Son of the Most High, outranks every one of them.

Pastor Jay Genin · Genesis 14:18–20

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Jesus said it was to our advantage that He go away, so the Helper could come. Pastor Larry shows that the Holy Spirit is God Himself living in every believer — the same Spirit who anointed Jesus — and encourages us to stop leaning only on our own minds and learn to be led by Him, because our bodies are His temple.

Pastor Larry DeWerd · John 14:16–17

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Pentecost isn't just a date on the calendar. From Isaiah's picture of the Spirit turning wilderness into fruitful field, Pastor Jay shows why Jesus told His disciples to wait for the Promise of the Father — the Holy Spirit, a person and not a gift list — who now lives in every believer and gives us power to follow Jesus.

Pastor Jay Genin · Isaiah 32:15–17

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