Title: He Is...the Good Shepherd

Text: John 10:1-21

What do you think of when you hear the word "good", especially regarding a person? Is it someone who is morally pure, or simply a nice person? What if Jesus being the "Good" Shepherd means something so much more?

Title: Jesus The Gate: Calling and Safety

Text: John 10:9

The Good Shepherd offers His flock both calling and safety because He Himself is “the Gate.”

Title: Jesus The Gate: Calling and Safety

Text: John 10:9

The Good Shepherd offers His flock both calling and safety because He Himself is “the Gate.”

Title: Light for Living?

Text: John 8:12-20

Light brings things into view. In the dark, we may have no idea of what is near us, how that hidden thing affects us, or even how it might harm us. But with light, we see our surroundings as they really are. Light is often a first step in dealing with reality in a way that lets us flourish.

Title: Light for Living?

Text: John 8:12-20

Light brings things into view. In the dark, we may have no idea of what is near us, how that hidden thing affects us, or even how it might harm us. But with light, we see our surroundings as they really are. Light is often a first step in dealing with reality in a way that lets us flourish.

Title: He Is...the Light of the World

Text: John 8:12-20

Light and dark are more than things relegated to a simple flip of the switch, or themes we see in the world of Star Wars. Darkness lies within us, comes upon us, affects the things that happen around us, and has a hold of us in ways we cannot even begin to explain or understand. The good news is that Jesus, the Light of the World, has entered the darkness of our lives in order to bring light and life.

Text: John 6:25-36

Title: He Is...the Bread of Life

So often we search for fulfillment through the multitude of God’s gifts to us only to find that they can’t satisfy. It’s in this space of being unfulfilled by the gifts of God that we can begin to see and experience the fulfillment of God that is Christ the Bread of Life.

Title: To Love Our Benefactor, More Than We Love His Benefits

Text: John 6:26-40

Jesus says it straight: you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Busted! We today like his audience then, are prone to love “what-we-get” with Jesus more than Jesus Himself. Jesus shows why that choice always leaves us with less of what God has for us.

Title: To Love Our Benefactor, More Than We Love His Benefits

Text: John 6:26-40

Jesus says it straight: you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Busted! We today like his audience then, are prone to love “what-we-get” with Jesus more than Jesus Himself. Jesus shows why that choice always leaves us with less of what God has for us.

Text: John 8:52-59

Title: Is Your Jesus As Big as THE Jesus?

The Jesus that we meet in this passage makes some audacious claims: transcendence, eternal, the voice of the law and prophets, greater than Abraham and Moses. Let that sink in and you will see how often we try to shrink Jesus down from there to the size of our own understanding – or preferences.