Loving the Scriptures

In this episode we take a break from John and return to our Attributes of God series and talk about the holiness of God.    Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a review!   Music: http://www.purple-planet.com   Reunited Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative C...

After telling His enemies that where He is going they cannot come, Jesus gives a call to the thirsty to come to Him and drink. What was the significance of His words given the context of being on the last day of the Feast of Booths? And how did the people in general respond to what He said? This we will explore in this episode, as we finish our exploration of John 7.   Order a copy of my book:  Si...

In this episode we continue to look at Jesus' words to His enemies at the Feast of Booths in John 7, and talk about the confusion that the Jews had about Him (at no fault of Christ), as well as what Jesus has to say about excluding the kingdom from those enemies. In those words of exclusion, we may tend not to think of such words coming from Jesus, but as we will see, as a sovereign God, Jesus res...

Jesus' enemies are known as being hypocrites, but how is that hypocrisy specifically seen in their confrontation against Him? In this episode, we see how Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of His enemies at the Feast of Booths, as we return to our study of the Gospel of John, and pick up in John 7.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amaz...

In this episode, as we continue our examination of the sovereignty of God, we explore what Scripture says about God as King, how He rules over all rulers on earth, and what His rule and authority means for us presently and eternally.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a re...

In this episode we start the series on the attributes of God by exploring what the Bible says about the sovereignty of God.    Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a review!   Music: http://www.purple-planet.com   Reunited Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creativ...

In this episode, we take a break from our study of John and I share with you an introductory sermon I preached in January 2023 on the attributes of God. I draw from Acts 17 and examine Paul's presentation to the philosophers on Mars Hill and highlight the different attributes of God that he brings up to his audience. (The messages in this series on the attributes of God will be shared whenever we...

In this episode we finish our examination of John 6 by talking about the unbelief and defection of the crowd that turned away from Jesus and no longer followed Him. What do we need to know about unbelief from this final section of the chapter? And what does this all say about the true work of God in saving His true people?   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Discip...

What did Jesus mean when He said that people must eat His flesh and drink His blood? If Jesus is not to be taken literally here, then what exactly is He calling people to do? In this episode we examine these words in light of everything else He has said in John 6, as well as explain why He can't be referncing the Lord's Supper or transubstantiation.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : W...

When Jesus identified Himself as the bread that came down from heaven, people took offense to Him, seeing Him as no more than an ordinary person. What does Jesus say in response to their grmubling? And how do His words indicate that He continues to declare Himself as God? We explore this and more as we continue our study of John 6.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught H...

In this episode, we continue our discussion of Jesus as the bread of life, and specifically zero in on both the satisfaction and security that is found in the Christ, the true bread from heaven.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a review!   Music: http://www.purple-planet...

The crowd that Jesus fed in John 6 seemed to receive Him enthusiastically, and even showed indications that they wanted to follow Him. But as we are about to see in this and future episodes, their hearts were not really aligned to the Lord in a saving way. What is the difference between how this crowd received Him and His apostles received Him? And how is the "bread" that God provides superior to...

In this episode we begin our examination of John 6 by talking about Jesus feeding the five thousand (vv. 1-15). We will talk about what this miracle would have communicated to those who followed Jesus, as well as how this events sets up Jesus' words in the rest of the chapter.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse Amazon: https://a.c...

In this episode we look at the very well-known psalm, Psalm 23, and see how the Lord, as our shepherd, looks after and cares for His sheep.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse  Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a review!   Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, I share a sermon that revisits John 4 and talks about what we can learn about evangelism based on Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well. This is not a verse by verse or section by section examination like we did before on this podcast (see Eps. 359, 360, & 361 for this), but it is a discussion of how Jesus engaged with this woman and how His example can be applie...

Because Jesus Christ is God, He deserves to be glorified, just as the Father is glorified. But Jesus' Jewish enemies were offended by His claim of being God, so they did not give Him that glory. What were the barriers that prevented them from doing so? And what made their refusal to recognize Christ so foolish?   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the O...

When a significant claim is being made, many people would want eyewitness testimony to back up that claim. When Jesus claimed to be God, one might wonder if anyone else can testify to the truth of that claim. In John 5, Jesus provides His audience wth the testimony from the Father that Jesus is the Son of God. In this episode we examine this testimony that Jesus lays out to His enemies.   Order a...

If Jesus Christ is God, as He Himself claimed to be, then it should stand true that He possesses authority. How does Jesus describe that authority? That's what we explore in this episode as we continue our exploration of John 5. Here we will talk about how Jesus describes His authority in regeneration, the resurrection of the body, and the judgment He executes at the end.   Order a copy of my book...

In this episode, we begin to look at Jesus' discourse in John 5, on the heels of His healing of the invalid in verses 1-18. Here we unpack what Jesus says regarding His identity as God and His unity with God the Father in nature, work, and ministry. In these words, we will see why Jesus' enemies are out of place to object to His work on the Sabbath and His self-identification as God.   Order a cop...

In this episode we explore Jesus' healing of the invalid at the Bethesda pool in John 5. This story is more than an account of a healing, but it is also a message...both of who Christ is, and of the man's need for his greater need for spiritual healing. We will talk about how this is determined from the text and how this sets the stage for Jesus' discourse in the following verses about Himself.  ...

(*Note: During the introduction there is about a ten second loss of audio due to yet another technical issue. My apologies.)   In this episode we finish John 4 by exploring Jesus' second sign performed in Galilee. What was Jesus' angle in saying the things that He said to the official with the ill son, and in performing the healing altogether? And how did this miracle work to communicate to the ma...

(*Note: During the introduction there is about a six second loss of audio due to a technical issue. My apologies.) After the amazing encounter between Jesus and the Samairtan woman at the well, we see something magnificent take place, where Jesus and the disciples have an opportunity to minister to the entire city of Sychar itself. In this episode, we talk about the woman's testimony to the Samari...

In this episode we continue our examonation of Jesus' encounter with the outcast Samaritan woman at the well. We discuss the tactic Jesus uses in the conversation to make His true identity known to this woman, what the woman was really asking when she brings up worship on Mount Gerazim and Jerusalem, and what it means to worship in spirit and truth.   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : W...

In this episode we begin to look at the well-known account of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. How do we see Christ, the Master Evangelist, engage this woman in order to point her to truth? And given this woman's past and present, what does this encounter say about our Savior Himself?   Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet...

Following up on last episode's topic on obedience, this episode looks at two specific biblical examples (1 Samuel 15 and Mark 7) of God's view of obedience versus going about our own understanding (disobedience).    Order a copy of my book:  Signs of the End : What Jesus Taught His Disciples in the Olivet Discourse  Amazon: https://a.co/d/0592Fozu    Please be sure to leave a review!   Music: http...