What is Our Response to Christ? (John 11:45-57)

Theme of John: To awaken and advance faith by revealing and raising up Christ Is your heart hard or humble towards Christ? Is Jesus a threat to your kingdom or the ruler of your kingdom? Will you trust in your perspective or in God’s perspective of your life?

A Love That Waits (John 11:1-44) Part 2

1. We should believe in Christ because of his POWER 2. We should believe in Christ because of his LOVE Key Idea: We should trust Christ because his love is a rescuing love Three truths about Christ’s love to encourage our faith: A. Christ’s love in our suffering is seen in what he hates B. […]

The Resurrection Rewrites our Story (John 11:1-44)

1.We should believe in Christ because of his POWER Key Idea: The purpose is to grow our faith by seeing the glory of Christ, as manifest in the power of resurrection. Practical truth: Trust Christ because he is powerful A. Belief is more than faith in ideas; it is faith in a Person Practical Application: […]

A Profound Mystery (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)

3 Caveats 1. Scripture confronts us 2. Scripture speaks into, rather than conforms to, our culture 3. Scripture shapes how we love, not just how we live  Key idea: A people centered on Jesus the Messiah reflect the Messiah in how they show honor to one another and in how they show dependence on one […]

Growing Through Knowing (John 10:22-42)

We often have trouble having faith in Jesus because we barely know the Jesus we are supposed to have faith in. Key Idea – We must believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Key Practical Idea – We grow our faith through knowing Jesus, the object of our faith I. He has […]