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Do You Want to Leave Too?: John 6:60-71

Do You Want to Leave Too?: John 6:60-71

During the week of Ash Wednesday, we invite everyone to participate in Jesus suffering through the tradition of Lent. Jesus’ question isn’t borne out of insecurity, but of his resolve and awareness that not everyone is willing to follow Jesus all the...

03.06.11

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Where Should We Get Bread For Them To Eat?: John 6:1-15

Where Should We Get Bread For Them To Eat?: John 6:1-15

This is the one question where John gives us Jesus’ motive for asking it: to test them.  What does it mean for Jesus to test us?  This will introduce a new theme: the fathering heart of God who asks questions to surprise us and show us our own...

02.27.11

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Do You Want To Get Well: John 5:1-15

Do You Want To Get Well: John 5:1-15

Again, Jesus displays an utter lack of tact.  Who asks a life-long cripple if he wants to get well?  God’s desire is to set us free, but only with our permission and if we are ready to accept the responsibility of being healed. Recorded at our service...

02.20.11

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Woman Will You Give Me a Drink?: John 4:1-26

Woman Will You Give Me a Drink?: John 4:1-26

There are huge themes here: Jew/Samaritan, male/female, religious/cultural differences…  But in all of these huge themes, we also have an intimate, spontaneous, funny, and profound story of Jesus carefully circumventing a woman’s shame to release...

02.13.11

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Woman Why Do You Involve Me?: John 2:1-12

Woman Why Do You Involve Me?: John 2:1-12

Jesus, somewhat rudely, dismisses his mother when she asks him to do something about the social embarrassment of running out of wine at a wedding.  This will begin an ongoing thread of learning to accept Jesus’ agenda rather than imposing our agenda...

02.06.11

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What Do You Want?: 1 John 1:35-39

What Do You Want?: 1 John 1:35-39

John inaugurates his Gospel with Jesus’ 1st words: a question. Why did Jesus ask so many questions? Like all of the questions Jesus asked people, there are layers and depths and meaning. If Jesus asked that question to us, how would we answer Him?...

01.30.11

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