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David & Andrea walk through John  5:16-30 to help lead meaningful discussions about the text.  Exegetical Tool: Noticing Historical & Background Context As you read, be alert to the New Testament use of the Old Testament text & themes.  The primary story that gives meaning to the world of the New Testament is Old Testament narrative--a story of God calling out a people has his own, del...

David & Andrea walk through John 4:43-5:15 to help lead meaningful discussions about the text.  Exegetical Tools:  Our goal is to ask the right questions about the text Good exegetical questions fall into two categories:  1) Questions of Content (What is said)  2) Questions of Context (Why it is said)  Geography reveals clues about the meaning of the text--why is Jesus going to certain towns/p...

John records these next miracles and we start to see the pattern unfold as people move from Miracle to Controversy to Decision: do they receive or reject?  As Jesus decides when and who and where to heal, it is clear that his decision is to follow the will of the Father—John then asks us to consider: what will be our decision?

David and Jesse walk through John 4:1-42 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text Guiding Questions: What is God inviting me into? Where is God calling me to be faithful, despite discomfort? Standard Narrative Questions: What happened? Why here? What does John want us to know/feel/do?

Summary Statement: This week we look at John 4 and the woman at the well. Though this woman had a messy life and looked for the good life in all the wrong places, Jesus brings her hope of restoration and soul-satisfaction.

GUIDING QUESTIONS: What happened, Why Here, What does John want us to know feel do? (Go to 31-36 for the know feel do part in particular because that the the takeaway John has for us from the brief exchange between JB, his disciples, and the Jews.) How were John’s disciples measuring success?  How was John measuring success?   Why is John happy that Jesus is gaining a greater following? In John th...

Summary Statement: The paradox ‘less is more’ is clearly seen in John the Baptist.  He understood and experienced the reality that we find MORE joy in thinking LESS of ourselves and seeing Jesus.  Like John the Baptist we must: Resist the temptation to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. (#Humility) Understand our position. (#Humility) Celebrate our role. (#JOY!)

Michael and Ryan walk through John 3:16-21 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text References to God's Plan for the World: Gen 12:2 Gen 17:4-6; Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4; 1Chron 16:31; Psalm 2:8; Psalm 22:27 Standard Narrative Questions: What happened? Why here? What does John want us to know/feel/do? Guiding Questions: What's surprising about the idea that God loves the whole w...

Michael and Ryan walk through John 3:1-15 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text Guiding Questions: What barriers does Nicodemus have to belief? Jews like Nicodemus believed they were saved by their heritage, how is what Jesus said about being born again different from that? What is John trying to say about Jesus by recording him referencing Daniel 7:13-14? Read Numbers 21:4-9 as a...

David and Michael walk through John 2:12-25 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation: Why was Jesus mad about the individuals selling goods and exchanging money in the Temple? How does John connect Jesus’s actions to Old Testament Prophecy? Why is that an important aspect of Jesus’s character? How does Jesus’s cleansing of the temple foreshadow the wa...

David and Michael walk through John 2:1-11 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation Narrative Questions: In narrative, we’re always asking these 3 simple questions to get to the big idea. What happened? (summary & key points) Why here? (how it fits in John’s Gospel) What does the author want us to know/feel/do?  Supplemental Questions: What did Je...

David and Michael walk through John 1:35-51 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation: Summarize the narrative in your own words. (Try breaking it up into Day 1 and Day 2 v35-42 & v 43-51) What words, phrases, or ideas are repeated? How do they point to a main idea? What titles are used for Jesus in this text? What do they tell us about the identit...

John 1:19-34(ESV) 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to thos...

John 1:19-34(ESV) 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to thos...

David and Michael walk through John 1:6-18 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. John 1:6-18 (ESV) 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the w...

David and Michael walk through John 1:1-5 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. John 1:1-5 (ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darknes...