Resurrection Mondays

1. John 21 - a bonus clip! The resurrection of Jesus makes the ordinary extraordinary
2. Work: futility to fruitfulness
3. Meals: consumption to communion 
4. Relationships: comparison to compassion 

The Mystery of Faith

1. What Mystery?
2. He is Risen . . . Now what?
   1. Receive 
   2. Believe 
   3. Go
   4. Breathe

Mary's Moment

The Triumphal Entry

1.    Was it really a “triumph”?

2.    Mandates of Passover

3.    The Real Sacrificial Lamb

4.    It’s All Been Building to This

Hearing the Heart of Christ

1. A Peek Behind the Curtain

2. Who He Is

3. What He’s Done

4. What He Wants

Resistance & Assistance

1. The Promise of Hostility

2. The Reasons for Hostility

3. Responding to Hostility

4. The Benefit of Hostility

5. Providence amid Hostility

A New Commandment and How to Do It

1. Humanity's "Fruit": Loneliness
2. Humanity's Answer
3. Jesus' "New Commandment"
4. How to Do It

Classic Tee-Up

Peter: “I will lay down my life for you”

o   We set unrealistic expectations for ourselves

Thomas: “Howe can we know the way if we don’t know where you are going”

o   We try to solve every single mystery as it pertains to God and faith

Phillip: “Let us see the Father, and then we will be content”

o   We bargain with God trying to force his hand

Judas: “Why don’t you just reveal yourself to the whole world

o   We critique God’s method

Promises of Jesus in John 14

• I am preparing a place for you in my Father’s house and I will bring you there
• I am the way the truth and the life
• I am in the Father and the Father is in me. If you have seen me you have seen the Father
• I will do whatever you ask in my name, even greater than what’s been done, so that the Father may be glorified
• The advocate, the Spirit of truth, I will send you and will be in you
• Peace I give to you and peace I leave with you
• The ruler of this world has no power over me
• I will not abandon you, but I will come to you

Jesus vs. Death (Round 1)

1. Mourning Death

2. Jesus’ Mission

3. People v. Death

4. Jesus v. Death

5. People v. Jesus and Death

6. Jesus and People v. Death

Overcoming Self Deception

1. Overview of John 7-8: Jesus comes to Jerusalem during the Feast of Booths and makes several dramatic claims about himself, leading to heated debates. Ultimately, he accuses the people of deadly self-deception and offers them a way out.

2. The Nature of Self Deception

3. The Elements of Self Deception

4. The Clearing of Self Deception

1. Continue in His Word
2. Do What Abraham Did
3. Lift Him Up, and See

The Son and His Father

1. Social Creatures

2. The Son and His Father 

   1. The Father Gives To the Son

   2. The Father Gives Through the Son

   3. The Father Gives the Son

3. A New Social Reality: Implications of the Father and Son for you and me

We Don't Casually Walk Away

On Being Born Again

1. Those sorry “Bornagains!”

2. On Birth

3. Born Into the Kingdom

4. Born of Water

5. Born of Spirit

6. Born into Life

Wine and a Whip

1. John's unique emphasis 

2. Unspoken "I Am's" 

3. Where else can we go?

New Year's Eve

1. Come and See: How have you experienced Jesus in 2017?

2. Found: In what way did Jesus come find you in 2017?

3. You WILL See: What do you anticipate, hope or pray to see of Jesus in 2018?

Christmas Eve/Advent Week 4 - Love - John 1:14, 16-18

Advent Week 3- Joy - John 1:10-13

1. Risky Gifts and The Cosmic Family Gift Exchange

2. The World’s relationship with the Word

3. The Word’s gift to the World

   1. The Recipients

   2. The Gift

   3. The Impact

Advent Week 2 - Hope - John 1:6-9, 19-35

1. The Search for Self

2. Who John is

3. Who John isn’t

4. Who we aren’t

5. Who we are

6. This is He

Advent Week 1 - Peace - John 1:1-5

1. The Need for Order

2. Order and Connection

3. The Temptations of Order

4. The Invitation of Order

Community Sunday - Generosity

Questions to Consider and Discuss 

1. Which attributes of God are you most grateful for?

2. Which blessings have you received from the Father you are grateful for?