Luke 9:51-62 Jesus set His sights on Jerusalem because He is preparing for His death (and resurrection). As He travels He planned to enter a Samaritan village, but because His sights were sent on Jerusalem, the people do not receive Him. We heard in the Gospel last week that some people did not receive Jesus […]
Luke 8:26-39 Last week we heard the Jews claim Jesus had a demon inside Him. This week we see Jesus healing a demon possessed man. Before He does, Jesus asks, “what is your name?” The response is “Legion.” Just how many demons is a legion? In the Roman military a legion was 4,000-6,000 soldiers. I […]
John 8:48-59 As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, we confess our faith in the Triune God, that being three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet One God. In the Gospel reading, the Jews claim that Jesus has a demon in Him, to which He makes an even more outrageous claim, that being that He is the […]
John 14:23-31 & Acts 2:1-21 Our Life IN Christ also means a life IN the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the One who creates faith in us. In Acts chapter 2 we see the Holy Spirit works in the lives of God’s people so they can hear the Gospel in their own language. Jesus had […]
John 17:20-26 In what we know as the “High Priestly Prayer” Jesus prays specifically for those who will believe in Him through the Word. Who are those who believe in Him through the Word? You. Me. All of us who have believed after Jesus prayed this prayer, praying for… us. He prays that we would […]
John 16:23-33 Jesus gives words to the disciples to bring them peace. Because there are times coming where there will not be peace in the world for them. There will be trials, tribulations, trouble. Amidst of all that, the disciples are told to take heart, because Christ has overcome the world. Maybe the same words […]
John 16:12-22 Jesus talks about the connection of the joy of childbirth to the joy of His return. As a woman goes through the sorrow (pain) of childbirth, when she meets her baby face to face, the feeling turns to joy. For the disciples, as Jesus was taken from the earth, died on the cross, […]
John 10:22-33 Babies can hear the voice of their mother early on while they are still in the womb. The first of many voices, but mom’s will always be the one they hear the most. Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” As the Good Shepherd, Jesus […]
John 21:1-19 Jesus appears to His disciples for a third time after the resurrection, and this time they are fishing on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus first called disciples (Peter, Andrew, James, John) to leave their life of fishing and to come and follow Him and be fishers of men. They left everything to follow […]
John 20:19-31 On Easter Sunday, Jesus appears to the disciples, but Thomas missed that first appearance. His response to the disciples seeing the resurrected Christ was basically saying, “I won’t believe it until I see it.” More specifically, he wanted to touch Jesus’ hands where the nails were and His side where the spear pierced […]