Why does God seem hidden? The book of Esther is in our Bible to help us wrestle with that question. This series starts with a background to the book and a look at the first chapter.

Three members of our congregation share how God has revealed to them how they have been Adopted By the Father.

In this section, John presents three facets of the human person that are confronted by Jesus. Mind, Spirit, and Will.

In this dense, theologically rich section of scripture, Jesus conveys three things. We need spiritual food. Jesus is our spiritual food. We need to consume Jesus.

In the feeding of the 5,000 we learn that we can trust that Jesus knows our needs and that he can meet our needs.

In this section, Jesus is going to finish his defense regarding healing on the Sabbath by appealing to the witness of John the Baptist, The Father's works, and the scriptures.

Jesus is being accused of a crime - working on the Sabbath - and he is going to begin to defend himself from those charges.

John 5 begins with a retelling of Jesus healing of a man at the pool of Bethesda.

Chapter 4 ends with John telling us about Jesus' second sign in Galilee. He shows us that the signs serve a purpose and what we need to do to really experience that purpose.

Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well serves as a reminder that the gospel is indeed good news, and that we can experience joy in Jesus.