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Sermons on John (Page 2)
We celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday by talking about how God is distinctly different from us, but who still treats us as a Father.
We kick off our series “My Name is Baptized” with the celebration of Holy Trinity, which of course means the Athanasian Creed. We talk about fine china and our Baptisms, ownership and inheritance. Sermon Scripture: John 3:1–17 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to…
We talk about forgiveness and how it is the “Think Different” of the Church. Sermon Text: John 14:1-14 I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life [1] “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. [2] In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would…
We finish our “Theology of the Cross” series with the final thesis of the theology of the cross, which is all about how God creates what He loves, as opposed to how we can only love what we can experience – and somehow, pizza comes up. Sermon Text: John 11 The Death of Lazarus [1] Now…
We talk about Jesus and the blind man who was healed, but mostly about how Jesus goes beyond the categories and equations that we try to fit Him into. Sermon Text: John 9 Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind [1] As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. [2] And his disciples…
Today we baptized little Isaac and talked about how we can sometimes get confused about subjects and objects in our understanding of God – hint hint, the subject is always Jesus. Sermon based on: John 4:5-30 [5] So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to…
About 2nd Sunday after Epiphany: Again we have a traditional text that shows up in every year of the lectionary. The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany uses John’s telling of the Miracle at Cana. As we consider this sign, we consider what it tells us about Jesus – that He is the Bridegroom of the Church…
We continue our conversation about the Holy Spirit, especially in the Spirit’s relationship to the Father and the Son, and how that relationship helps us to understand our relationship with the Trinity ourselves. We are born into the kingdom of God by the work of the Holy Spirit, especially through the new birth offered us…
Pentecost Sunday is the primary feast day of the Holy Spirit. On this Sunday we see the guidance that the Holy Spirit provides, orchestrating and helping sinful human beings in their actions and decisions. Primarily, we focus on how Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will “Guide you into all truth” (John 16). As we…
About Easter 2/Thomas – Thomas is a conflicted disciple. We first hear him ready to give his life for Jesus in the story of Lazarus, but when we catch up with him in John 20, he is unwilling to even muster the faith and belief to accept Jesus’ Resurrection. As we look to Thomas’ story,…