Ignite Faith: Exploring God's Word Like Fire

John 4:43-54 In part 19 we close out chapter four of John's gospel. We explore the second sign, as described by John the Apostle, where Jesus heals an official's son. We also explore the topic of faith as we compare Jesus' first sign (turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana) with this sign so that we can learn more about the progression of faith. Please join us as we dive deeper into God's...

In this episode Devin and I cover John 4:27-42. In this section of scripture Jesus' disciples arrive on the scene at the end of his discourse with the woman at the well and we see many people from this town come to believe in Jesus as Messiah and savior of the world. We explore: the power of personal testimony faith and the importance of spiritual growth Please come and join us as we dive deeper i...

In this episode Devin and I cover John 4: 16-26. Jesus continues his dialog with the woman at the well and shifts her focus from the earthly to the spiritual by confronting her sin and teaching her about the nature of true worship of God. The hour is now here for true believers to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. Their dialog ends when Jesus plainly revels himself as the Messiah. Please jo...

In this episode we begin our verse by verse. breakdown of the chapter 4 of the Gospel of John. Covering verses 1-15, we learn about Jesus visiting Samaria, encountering a woman at a well, and hear what Jesus has to say about the living water that is only offered by Him. Themes we explore in this episode are: being spiritually minded instead of earthly minded concepts of regeneration and being clea...

In this episode I dive into some of the history of the bad relationship between the Jews of Jesus' time and the people of Samaria. This is more of an introduction to John chapter 4 as a large portion of the chapter focuses on Jesus' travel through Samaria, an encounter with a woman at a well, and many Samaritans coming to salvation in Jesus. Understanding who the Samaritans are and why they and th...

This episode concludes chapter 3 of the Gospel of John. It covers John 3: 31 - 36 where we explore the following topics: Who actually said these verses and disagreements between bible commentaries Recurring themes brought up by this section of scripture Relationship between belief and obedience Please join us as we dig deeper into God's word!

In this episode Devin and I cover John 3: 22-30. This section of scripture circles back to John the Baptist as we learn about a dispute between followers of John the Baptist and an unnamed Jew and subsequent testimony from John the Baptist about Jesus and his own role in God's perfect plan. John the Baptist displays extraordinary humility as his ministry begins to dwindle. Please join us as we dis...

In this episode Devin and I cover John 3:16 -21. God gives us an indescribable gift of salvation through his one and only son, Jesus! While this is an amazing free gift, it should make us ask the question - what are we saved from? The need for a savior means that we need saving from something. Devin and I discuss this topic and more as we explore God's word together. Please join us and allow God's...

In this episode, Devin and I discuss John 3: 11-15. Here Jesus teaches Nicodemus about his ability to teach on spiritual matters as the one who descended from Heaven. We also get an introduction into biblical typology when Jesus compares himself to the bronze serpent that was "lifted up", alluding to his own death on the cross. Please join us as we explore this section and dive into what God's wor...

In this episode we pick up in John 3: 4-10 as we discuss the importance of spiritual rebirth and how this is an Old Testament concept with witch Nicodemus should have been familiar. Jesus teaches Nicodemus, and us, that the only way to the Kingdom of God is through spiritual rebirth which only comes through the name of Jesus. Please join us as we discuss and dig into our Old Testament to prove thi...

In this episode we cover John 3: 1-3 as we deep dive several important topics: historical context of Pharisees and Nicodemus thematic use of 'night' in John's gospel importance of spiritual rebirth, or theological terms - "regeneration" John's gospel is full of amazing truths that we don't want to gloss over. Join us as we slow down, dig deep, and unpack God's amazing word!

This episode covers John 2: 13-25. In these verses, after the wedding in Cana Jesus arrives in Jerusalem for Passover and cleanses the temple by driving out people and animals alike. Jesus, in a display of Godly zeal, speaks out against the corruption of the temple. We explore the topic of biblical zeal and what this may look like for us today as well as some harmonizing the different gospel accou...

In this episode we break down Jesus' miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. Covering John 2: 1-12, we explore the importance of learning Biblical theology from Jesus' miracles and dangers of adding things to the text that aren't there. Important topics in this episode: covenant theology false teachings faith and obedience to Chris

This episode covers John 1: 38 - 51 to finish up chapter 1. Verse 38 gives us Jesus' first words of John's gospel, "What do you seek?" This may be a difficult, and humbling, question that every believer needs to address. In this episode Devin and I explore this topic as well as the idea of harmonizing different eye witness accounts and explore the gathering the of the first few disciples of Jesus.

This episode covers John 1:29-37 In part 2 of John this section concerning John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus, we see John the Baptist point to Jesus as the "Lamb of God" who takes away the sin of the world! We dive into what this means, how this connects to Passover, and other biblical insights as we study the word of God.

This episode covers John 1:19-28 This section of John's gospel introduces us to John the Baptist where we get three testimonies from John the Baptist over the course of three days. This episode unpacks the first day and John the Baptist's encounter with a delegation sent from Jerusalem. Let's unpack what amazing things God is revealing to us through this exchange!

In this episode we wrap up the prologue of the Gospel of John by covering John 1:14-18 in depth. This episode includes: Summary of verses 14-18 Deep dive of these verses Exploration of false teachings from abuse of these verses Apologetics topic regarding who has seen God in verse 18

In this episode, we pick up in the prologue of the Gospel of John and cover John 1:6-13. We dive into contextual teaching of the text itself, as well as few additional relevant topics such as: Who is John the Baptist Difference between belief and faith

In this episode, we begin our verse-by-verse study of the Gospel of John. This episode covers John 1:1-5 as well as several important topics relevant to the text, such as: Importance of what we believe Is Jesus God Understanding the logos and foundations of the Trinity

This episode is an introduction to the Gospel of John. In it, we provide some historic overview and context for the writing of John's Gospel, themes, purpose of writing, as well as some evidence supporting the historical account of John's authorship.