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John 14:12 | Raise your hand if you have ever been frustrated by prayer. God doesn’t seem to be answering my prayers! Did God take the day, the week, the year, the decade off? Am I even loved by God? Does God hear anything I’m asking? Maybe he’s impatient to act in this world?

John 14:1-11 | This is the beginning of Jesus’ pre-arrest farewell speech and the part where he famously declares that He alone is THE Way… THE Truth… and THE Life.

John 13:18-38 | This Sunday we will be working through the back half of John 13 together which unpacks a few of the conversations Jesus had with his disciples at the last supper. The star of the show is, you guessed it, a rooster. Come and see how this obnoxious and puffed-up foul can be God's incredible grace to you as we commune together.

John 13:1-17 | This Sunday we get the privilege of studying perhaps the greatest of Jesus’s “one another” commands. Jesus will tell his disciples —and therefore us — to love one another just like he loved us; through radical servant leadership. Excited to be exploring one of the most symbolic acts of humility - the washing of feet.

How do we know if where Jesus is leading is worth going? What if there are two mountains we can visit?

Happy Christmas Eve 2023!

John 12 | Last Sunday we saw the crowds welcome Jesus into Jerusalem with celebration and excitement, but John records for us how a single conversation with Jesus killed all their hopeful energy making them completely apathetic to his cause. What did Jesus say to cause such an about-face?

This Sunday we're in our second week of the advent of Jesus’ death, which has become known as His “triumphal” entry, ironically.

Today we are looking back in John chapter 12, at the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany just about a week before his arrest and crucifixion. Now, what is so interesting about this chapter is that it seems to have these subtle parallels to the birth details recorded for us at the beginning of the gospels of Luke and Matthew. We often call those stories the "Nativity" at this time of year. Nativi...

This sermon is all about the connection between lament and giving thanks.

John 11:7-27 | Here we see two conversations that Jesus has on his way to raise his friend Lazarus from the dead. What do they tell us about what it means to follow Him and how we might push past misery to find life in His name?

John 11:1-44 | In this passage, we get to wrestle with the most profound miracles Jesus conducted while on this earth, the raising of Lazarus. But what makes this raising so unique to the others (and there were others) is the way John tells this story. It comes alive with such deep meaning for any of us waiting for God to act in our lives. It will reorient our understanding of God's Love and God's...

John 10:19-42 | Join us this Sunday as we explore the division among the people, the accusations against Jesus, and his profound claims of unity with the Father. We'll also examine the question that lingers in the air: Could a mere human accomplish all that Jesus does?

John 10:1-19 | This Sunday we'll have a look at the closest thing we have in John's gospel to a teaching style known as a parable. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record for us a wealth of Jesus's parabolic teachings, but John, as he likes to do, chooses not to include most of these parables because they were already in circulation. However, here we this treasure (not recorded elsewhere) of an extended Je...

John 9:1-41 | This Sunday we will be back in the story of the man born blind, unpacking more of the good news God has revealed to us through it. This week we will be focusing on the "Glory" that is revealed to the world by this encounter, asking why and how God chooses us to reveal His glory?

John 9:1-41 | In this passage, we will find that Jesus is using the confluence of "light & dark" to speak to "Spiritual Blindness" but here is the deal, what exactly does he mean by Spiritual Blindness? You'll find that this reading reveals that this ailment is far more nuanced and complex than we might think. In fact, we might discover that it is a good thing to be blind... What?!

John 8:30-59: We get to look at the second half of the long exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees. In the passage before this, Jesus declared Himself to be THE Light of the world - this week we get to see the extrapolation of that reality in the realms of truth and freedom. How does this Light continue to change everything it touches 2,000 years later?

John 8:12-29 | What is the full meaning of this history-transforming statement? Why was it so easy for so many smart, devoted religious people of Jesus' day to miss that Jesus was Light?

John 7:53-8:11: Textual Criticism, The True Trap, Mercy vs. Grace, The Ultimate Mission of Jesus.

John 7:14-53 | Jesus teaches at the Feast of Tabernacles, astounding the crowd with His wisdom. Thus a great debate begins - people start doubting His origins, unaware of His divine mission. Conflict arises over Sabbath observance, leading to attempts to arrest him. The people are divided, some wanting to seize Him, while others are captivated by His words. How do we as Christians today, faced wit...

John 7:1-13 | After a Summer in the Psalms, we return to the gospel of John where we encounter the peculiar attitudes, actions, and articulation of Jesus Christ. Why when God shows up is He so strange to us?

Psalm 39 | In this Psalm we witness, as we often do, a King grappling with the brevity of life, the silence of God, the futility of worldly pursuits, and the need for God's mercy and guidance.

Psalm 101 | In this week's psalm, we get a glimpse of the early reign in David's monarchy as he vows to establish his kingdom with integrity.

Psalm 35 | In this week's psalm, we see David expressing his distress and pleas for God's protection against those who seek to harm him unjustly - a common thread we have seen in many other psalms written by David but what makes this Psalm stand out from the rest? what's really going on in this passage?

Psalm 120 | This Sunday we look at the first psalm in the series of 15 psalms that are known as the Songs of Ascent. These are the songs that the people of Israel would sing as they were making their way to festivals in Jerusalem. Does this psalm seem like a festive psalm to you? Maybe you resonate with the psalmist? Do you promote and speak peace only to have it returned to your face as angry wor...