In the coming weeks, we’ll be diving into the book of Acts. However, the book of Acts is a sequel to the book of Luke. In order to set us up for the coming series, Pastor Brad looks at an important story at the end of the book of Luke: the story of two disciples […]

The book of John comes to a climax in chapter 20. The book began with a reference to Genesis (“In the beginning”) and has detailed 7 of Jesus’ miracles. The number 7 was associated with wholeness and completeness since God had created in 7 days. In John chapter 20, an eighth miracle of Jesus is […]

John chapter 11 contains another of Jesus’ miracles. Jesus is told that his friend Lazarus is sick. We’re told that Jesus loves Lazarus very much. However, instead of immediately going to him and healing him or healing him from afar (which he’s done before), Jesus stays where he is two days. Then he decides to […]

John chapter 9 relates the story of the healing of a man born blind. Jesus heals this man in a unique way. He doesn’t just touch the man’s eyes and restore his sight. Instead, he does something odd. He mixes up spit and mud, puts it on the blind man’s eyes, and tells him to […]

Last week, Pastor Brad talked about John chapter 6 and the feeding of the five thousand and how many stopped following Jesus after he gave a hard teaching. However, his closest followers, the apostles stuck with him. Why is that? Right in the middle of the story last week, there’s another vignette from the life […]

In this week’s sermon, we examine one of the most well known of Jesus’ miracles: the feeding of the 5,000. Jesus has this huge crowd following him. As the day wanes while he teaches, he asks his disciples how they plan to feed the crowd. They’re not sure. So, Jesus miraculously provides enough food for […]

In the book of John we see seven miracles highlighted. John does this to have us see clearly who Jesus is, believe in him, and by believing in him have real life. Each miracle shows us three things: who Jesus is not, who Jesus is, and what the miracle has to do with us. This […]

When we see Jesus for who He really is, and come to believe in Him, we enter a quality of life that is unique, tangibly better, insanely infectious, and described as “living water”. Even so, there is a lot of misunderstanding about who Jesus is and what He is about. Sincere “unbelief” is still unbelief. […]

The book of John has one stated purpose: to demonstrate through the life of Jesus that he is the Messiah and the readers can have faith in him. John does this by describing seven miracles or signs (8 including his resurrection). Each of these 7 miracles has a deeper meaning than first meets the eye.

As is the case with every other healthy organism, a healthy soul should be a growing soul. How do we help our souls to grow? The answer can be found in John 15:1-17. In this passage, Jesus uses an example from gardening and vine dressing to teach his disciples an important lesson. If we want […]