The Cross and the Crown

How do the transfiguration accounts of Jesus help us not only see the glory of Christ, but plunge us deeper in our walk with Christ? How is the cross central to discerning the meaning of the transfiguration?

One of the most familiar miracles of Jesus is his healing of the paralytic. What does this miracle tell us about Jesus, the faith of the men willing to do whatever it took to help their friend come face-to-face with the Son of Man, and the surprising and glorious effects not only on the paralytic, but perhaps even Matthew's following Christ?

In this fast-paced narrative of Jesus' healing of the demoniac(s), what do we learn about the nature of Christ, the nature of demons, and the power of Christ to redeem? What can we learn from the man's reaction to Jesus after his healing? What can we learn to avoid from the reaction of the crowds?

"Peace, be still!" These words of Jesus have resounded in the hearts and minds of believers for the entirety of church history. In examining each of the gospel narratives, what surprising details emerge that help us understand more about Jesus? Who is this, that he commands even winds and waters, and they obey him?

"Once I was blind, but now I see!" The healing of the blind man in John 9 provides a foundation for exceptional truths revealed about Jesus. The narrative also provides an amazing account of the progression of the former blind man's understanding of who Jesus is, ending with an eruption of worship. All the while, the hearts of the Pharisees are exposed as blind.

In this session, we examine the feeding of the 5,000 (or, way more than 5,000) by stacking the details given in the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. What does this miracle say of Jesus? How then shall we live in response?

John records various signs that Christ performed to reveal his glory. How does Jesus' changing water to wine show his glory and press us toward a deeper faith in Christ?

How does the miracle of the Incarnation deepen our understanding of the glory of God? How does the Council of Chalcedon help us define the person of Christ? How should we think through the truth of Christ being fully God and fully man? How does rightly thinking about this magnificent truth glorify God?

We often jump to the wedding feast at Cana when we think of the miracles of Christ. John, however, begins his gospel at creation. How does Scripture describe Christ's role in creation? How does this press us to think deeper of our Savior for the glory of God?

What classifies as a miracle? Are signs, wonders, and mighty works used synomously in the Scriptures? How do the miracles of Jesus glorify God?