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Thinking on Good Things 19.12.2021 29:20 ↓

In this Christmas themed lesson we look at Philippians 4:8 where we are instructed to think on “whatever” things. Examples where people have been inspired by good things from the past are given and we closed with “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”. A link to the video we played during the lesson is here.

John 10:1-21 -- The Good Shepherd 28.11.2021 35:42 ↓

So many themes land together in this passage: God/Jesus as the Good Shepherd who knows and calls His sheep (those in the [Israelite] fold and those without), bad shepherds who cause problems for the sheep, sheep that are in danger who can be rescued by a Shepherd who can lay His life down for the sheep.

John 9 -- New Eyes, New Birth 21.11.2021 39:50 ↓

John uses the amazing story of a blind man receiving his sight from Jesus as an excellent example of how Jesus gives new life as promised in John chapter 3.

John 6:41-71 Jesus, The Bread of Life Brings a Message Worth Chewing That‘s Hard to Swallow 24.10.2021 39:27 ↓

Speaking around the time of Passover Jesus transitions the crowd from a discussion about literal bread to a discussion about the metaphorical Bread of Life that can give eternal life. Of course, the Passover instruction to the Israelites was that they were supposed to eat everything!

John 6:16-40 -- Jesus, The Bread of Life 17.10.2021 41:32 ↓

In a very rich passage (which is only partially covered by today's teaching) John displays Jesus the Rabbi who calls the people to consider God as the source of the Bread that they should be desiring. There are glimpses of human nature, of the tension between election and belief, and of a God who is always working.

John 6:1-15 -- Feeding the Five Thousand (and getting their attention) 10.10.2021 30:09 ↓

This miracle, the only one recorded in all four gospels, is famous for many wonderful reasons: the power of God is demonstrated, we get the opportunity to speculate on how things played out, and we think it's cool that Jesus did so much with so little. But, John's treatment highlights how this miracle ushers in a deep discussion later in the chapter about the true nature of the bread that Jesus pr...

John 4 -- The Woman at the Well 19.09.2021 34:15 ↓

At the end of class, this music video was shown.

John 3:16-21 -- The Heart of the Gospel 05.09.2021 43:28 ↓

There is a reason why John 3:16 and the verses around it are so popular with evangelical Christians that even popular culture has developed an awareness:  it is a very concise explanation of the gospel and it is very good news!  In these verses we are reminded that by our very nature we are apart from God. Yet, God, through the work of Jesus being "lifted up" made a way for us to enter the light o...