John 18 switches the account back to a narrative. Having finished his final address to his apostles, Jesus leads them to the garden, and the beginning of the fateful events to follow…
(Preaching through John’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 18, 2018.)
Jesus’s final words before his betrayal and arrest are a prayer, for his apostles and the people who would eventually be his church. What does he pray for, and what does this tell us about his desires?
(Preaching through John’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 4, 2018.)
Knowing what’s to come in the next few days, Jesus makes a promise to his disciples: your sorrow will turn into joy. Why did he make this promise, and what can we take from it?
(Preaching through John’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 28, 2018.)
Jesus was very clear with his disciples: the world will hate you. Not might, not may, but certainly will! Why was this the case, and should we expect the same today?
(Preaching through John’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 7, 2018.)
Jesus’ begins his last address to his disciples before his death with a discussion of unity; what unity does Jesus desire, and how is it achieved?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 16, 2018.)
John 13 has two interwoven, interacting themes: Judas’s betrayal of Jesus, contrasted with Jesus’s preparation of his disciples to be his messengers. This week we will look at the second; what does Jesus expect of his messengers and what qualities do we need to possess if we want to be one?
(Preaching through the Gospel of John. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 2, 2018.)
Many people in Jesus’s day misunderstood his purpose, why he came at all. These misunderstandings persist today. Fortunately, Jesus told us what his purpose was, if we have the wisdom to listen.
(Preaching through John. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on August 26, 2018.)
As we zoom in on the last week of Jesus’ life in the last half of John, we begin by examining all the various ways people responded to him, and compare that to how people respond to him today.
(Preaching through John’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on August 19, 2018.)
After teasing the concept of “the order of Melchizedek” for a while, the author of Hebrews finally digs in. What is this order, and how does Jesus fit in?
(Preaching through the book of Hebrews. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on April 29, 2018.)
Jesus is better than all the Old Testament figures who administered the promises of God to His people, and thus the promises of God through Jesus are also better. In what ways are the promises made to us better than the old promises?
(Preaching through the book of Hebrews. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on April 22, 2018.)
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