As we end Johnās Gospel, we ask on question: What now?What do we do with it?What we need most is to see that discipleship, this following Jesus, this being sent in the Holy Spiritā¦It is not something that we can use our cultural measures
Sermon notes šBarabbas is seen in all four Gospels.Itās interesting to me that Barabbasās name literally means āson of the father.āSo, when Pilate gave the crowd a choice between Jesus and Barabbas, they choice a violent man - a murderer
Sermon notes šWhat part of Jesus as Lord and Savior are you willing to believe?What parts do you struggle with?John 18:1-27 has to do with Jesusās arrest, but there is another story intertwined with it, and it is that of Peter denying Jes
Sermon notes šJesus loves His disciples to the uttermost and to the end. Here, Jesus demonstrated His love by washing the disciples feet, so that His disciples could love like He does.He even lavished this love on Judas, who He knew would
Sermon notes šBelieving in Jesus means you look to Him as your ultimate Source of life.John 12:42-43 says this -āNevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that t
Sermon notes šWhat is life? Itās a hard thing for me to define at times because when talking about life we could be talking about a number of thingsā¦One way we can talk about life is from a pure biological perspective, but we can also talk
Sermon notes šIf you hang around Redemption Church long at all, youāll hear us say this quite a bit -We are striving together to make the real Jesus known, by being honest about our failures, loving the way He loves, serving the city for t
Sermon notes šā¦all the noise in our lives...our busyness, our hurry, our filling up the calendar and the day with tasks and meetings, and constantly checking our bank accounts, or calculating for future jobs or relationships or whatever else
Sermon notes šThere is a kind of doubt that grows out of disbelief. It is proud and defiant.It looks inward at itself, in bitterness, and says to God āthis canāt be true.āMaybe that was Zechariah.But also, there is a doubt that grows ou
Sermon notesšThis isnāt just the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the deadā¦This is Jesus determining to die in order to give Lazarus life.This is Jesus laying His own life down for His friend.Jesus has said He is the good Shepherd
Sermon notes šIāve not really considered Hanukkah much in the past.But perhaps we should consider it, along with its questions of who is leading us - who we are following.Perhaps we should consider what might be corrupt in our hearts - w
Sermon notes šIn this passage we see Jesus reach into the darkness and offered physical sight to a blind man.But God doesnāt always bring physical healing. We will still, at times, suffer.But in those times of suffering the foundation fo
Sermon notes šā¦these religious leaders are trying to trap Jesus, and they are doing so at the expense of the woman involved.They donāt care one bit about her or the Old Testament Law. They only care about their power and influence, and the t