Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | John 7 features 20 questions in sum, each one pinging between Jesus, the Jewish leaders, and the crowds. All in all, there are always bigger questions underneath our expressed questions; and the following audio points out 7 reasons we might question Jesus. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | In John 6, Jesus makes an audacious statement of divinity - namely, that He is the true bread from heaven, the ultimate fulfillment of God's provision for His people when they cannot provide for themselves. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | In John 5, Jesus meets a man who is an invalid, who has been suffering and seeking salvation - in more ways than one. Jesus meets him where he is and restores him to who God called him to be. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | Jesus meets with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's Well, telling her about a type of water that, if she should drink it, she will never be thirsty again. His offer is still available to us today. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | In John 3, a man named Nicodemus meets with Jesus at nighttime, curious of who Jesus is and what he does. Jesus brings clarity to his identity, his mission, and his invitation to all people. Will Nicodemus respond in faith and obedience? Will we? 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The prophet Micah gave a pointed call to the leaders of Israel, or the 'church' leaders of his day. The following message picks out 7 different characteristics of corrupt leadership; but inversely, shows 7 different ways the greatest leader, Jesus, succeeded where corrupt leaders failed. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The book of Hosea is a heavy, sobering message of God to his beloved people; but even though the indictments, condemnation, and warnings, God's message does not end on that note. Rather, it ends with a promise of restoration, returning, and all that God has in store for those who walk with him. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | In Revelation 2-3, Jesus gives a word to 7 different churches, and he saves perhaps his severest, most sobering message last - one that would be particularly for the church of Laodicea. Jesus indicts them for their spiritual lukewarmness, a message all churches can heed today. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | God gives Hosea a message to the people of Israel about His great love for them. Contrary to the conventional prophetic words, this message, however, would be a demonstration more than a declaration - a powerful illustration the Israelites wouldn't easily forget. 

Second Baptist Church - Houston, TX | The prophet Amos gives God's message to the northern kingdom of Israel: a message of grave warning about God's justice, but also an appeal about God's grace. Chapter 5 features God's appeal through Amos to seek Him and live.