Josh talks about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples before we install Suzi as a pastor of TRP.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 3 November 2019

Band: Josh James (vocals, acoustic), Bethany Jubilee (violin), Arthur Lembo (keys), Jonny Menges (percussion), Jory Pryor (electric guitar), Josh Revell (bass), Tessa Stultz (bgv), Andrew Wackett (electric guitar)

Production: Revell Records

the restoration project. 21 October 2019

We have reached the end of the first "major" section of the Gospel of John — the book of signs. It's a bit of review, a bit of summary, a bit of a challenge, and as the curtains close, we are left with a decision to make.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 27 October 2019

This week, Josh unloads FIVE preaching points from John's "version" of the Gethsemane story. (I mean, it's not really the same as Jesus praying in the Garden, but he's "troubled.") Get ready for super practical.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 20 October 2019

This sermon has *everything*: a manuscript, 17 minute description of all the fun stuff that we "aren't talking about," some practical stuff for people just barely holding on, and hope.

Jesus is the peaceful King, who comes to give life.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 13 October 2019

We're back in John, but we're building on last week's talk about the "sinful" woman anointing Jesus in Luke 7. John's account ... is much different. It's a theological retelling that insists we connect some dots with another familiar story in John ... something about a servant washing feet ...

the restoration project. Joshua James. 6 October 2019

So, this isn't technically part of our series on John, but it's linked. All four Gospels include a story of a woman anointing Jesus with a precious ointment. This is Luke's version. Next week, we'll look at John's version. (Spoiler: They are different.)

the restoration project. Suzi Peterson. 29 September 2019

In this, the last week of our mini-series on Lazarus, we discuss (eventually) Caiaphas and the religious leaders who set out to kill Jesus in response to this miracle. Here's my spoiler: be slow to point the finger.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 22 September 2019

Jesus wept. One (pretty common) way of understanding this line is to emphasize the humanity of Jesus: "Look, he gets sad too!" That's definitely a thing, but maybe, if Jesus is "one with the Father," like John keeps saying, maybe it also tells us something about God.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 15 September 2019

You probably know the story. It's pretty well known. Jesus' friend, Lazarus, gets sick and dies, and then Jesus raises him from the dead. It's really powerful.

Over the next three weeks, we'll unpack a few themes that often go unnoticed. First up is Thomas' (pretty ironic) suggestion to the other disciples to journey with Jesus into a pretty questionable, potentially violent situation: "Let us go too so that we may die with Jesus."

the restoration project. Joshua James. 8 September 2019