Gospel of John

This past week, I watched videos of fathers giving away their daughters in marriage.

Imagine you’re walking down a dark ally, and you’re confronted by an armed robber.

The diversity of worship styles around the world is beautiful. According to missionary accounts, our church family in Russia typically worship in a more traditional way with simple instrumentation. In South Africa, our brothers and sisters in Christ will use a call and response worship style between the worship leader and the congregation. Worship styles

All religions try to wash away sin. From bathing in the Ganges River for Hindus, to the Bathing of the Buddha in Buddhism, to ceremonial washings before prayers in Islam, all religions try to wash away sin. But in the Gospel of John, there is a different type of washing to cleanse sin: washing in

Jesus Christ is actively seeking worshipers. Will we join him in his mission? If we’ve been transformed by Jesus, we should tell others about Jesus!

In the fall of 2012, Lindsey and I had the privilege to visit Israel. On our trip, I was surprised to learn from our tour guide that many of the political signs we saw around Jerusalem had a common refrain: the politicians were claiming to be the Messiah. But after the initial shock wore off,

“In the beginning, there was Someone who has no beginning.”   *We had technical difficulties with this sermon audio