Today we take a close look at verse 21. John writes, “he who practices the truth comes to the light.” At first reading you may be taken back by the order of John’s wording in that he places “practicing the truth” before “coming to the light.” Let’s take a look at this to see if […]
Last time we traced Nicodemus, as John depicts him throughout the remainder of John’s Gospel account. Today we rewind to focus our attention on this post conversation section where John engages his audience regarding this night encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus. Download Week-31.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose “Save link […]
Today we begin our look at this portion of scripture which begins with one of the most quoted verses in the Bible. As we examine this portion we will be viewing it within the framework of Jesus’s dialog with his night visitor, Nicodemus. Let’s take a look. Download Week-30.mp3 – Right click on […]
Jesus responds to the question, “How can these things be?” through citing two Old Testament stories each correlating to the “Son Of Man.” What did this all mean to Nicodemus? Join us as we dive in to understand what Jesus is saying to this night seeker. Download Week-29.mp3 – Right click on this […]
Today we begin our look at verses 10-15 as Jesus responds to the question, “How can these things be?” What began as a dialog in verse one, now turns into a terse monologue directed towards Nicodemus and those he represents. Let’s examine this together. Download Week-28.mp3 – Right click on this link and […]
After a brief review followed by a short introduction, today’s session will be primarily table discussion focusing on this most interesting dialog between Jesus and His night visitor, Nicodemus. Our topic for discussion will be the apparent disconnect between what Jesus is saying and what Nicodemus is hearing. Download week-27.mp3 – Right click […]
Today we begin our look at a familiar story where Jesus receives a night visit from a leading Jewish official. What begins as a respectful inquiry is soon transformed into a disturbing re-shuffling of the inquirer’s frame of reference. We will begin by examining the first nine verses of this exchange between Jesus and His […]
In this session we examine the last few verses of chapter 2. This portion of the story serves as a type of bridge connecting the events which occurred at Passover, In Jerusalem, within the Temple to the coming dialog with Nicodemus which we will examine in Chapter 3. At first reading the text is enigmatic, […]
Today we wrap up our look at this familiar story often labeled as, “ The Cleansing of the Temple.” This story records the first conflict in the Gospel according to John. Join us as we examine this story in context with the greater story and as we focus today on the conflict itself. Through our […]
Today we begin our look at the account where Jesus enters the Temple and drives out the money changers. The story is found in all four of the Gospels but only in John is the story placed here at the beginning. Some have concluded that Jesus must have performed this act two times, once early […]
As we have examined this story we have become aware that there is much more going on than Jesus fixing an immediate party problem. This much more is true for the participants within the story, for the first century readers and for us today as we read this story within our modern context of life. […]
We continue our look at the Wedding at Cana. This story, exclusive to John’s telling of the greater story, is dotted with details which capture our attention. After a short review we will dive into the interpretation as we attempt to view this story within the framework of the bigger story. Download week-21.mp3 […]
After a short review of Chapter 1 we will examine the inaugural event of Jesus’ Ministry, The Wedding at Cana. This story, unique to John’s Gospel has several interesting facets. Let’s take a look. Download week-20.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose “Save link as…”.
Today we complete our study of John’s Gospel chapter one. In the last phrase of verse 51 Jesus makes a statement about Himself which blends two Old Testament ideas, one being a reference to Jacob’s dream as recorded in Genesis 28 and the other as a direct reference to “Son of Man” from Daniel chapter […]
The last exchange in chapter one is between Nathanael and Jesus. There are several interesting components in this exchange of which the Moot Men will discuss in this session. However, what is most interesting is the last phrase of verse 51 where Jesus is quoted making a statement about Himself and in so doing, He […]
Today we continue our look at the calling of the first four disciples of Jesus. We examine their distinctive’s and then move to correlation of their commonalities. Each of the four had a barrier to address in order to follow Jesus. The Moot Men will then go to table time to discuss this idea of […]
Today we hear the first spoken words of Jesus as recorded in Johns’ Gospel. These words, though directed to two early followers form a question for all followers of Jesus. Let’s take a look at this question and then explore the exchange between Jesus and His first two followers. Download week-16.mp3 – Right […]
Within this section John (the Baptist) exclaims two times, “I did not recognize Him,” meaning, Jesus. Of course, we then respond by asking, “How did John fail to recognize his cousin?” Today we examine this question and then an even more probing question related to our experience with Jesus Christ. Download week-15.mp3 – […]
Today we examine the second segment of John’s witness by examining two key terms John uses to identify Jesus Christ. These terms were rich in meaning to the first century readers of John’s Gospel. John uses these two terms to help his audience understand the mission of Jesus. Let’s take a look. Download […]
Day one of John’s Witness is about clarifying the focus of what God is doing at this point in time, that being the Eternal Word has now become flesh in and through Jesus Christ. Here in day two the mission of Christ becomes crystal clear through John’s testimony. John makes two clarifying declarations regarding Christ’s […]