Sep 30, 2021
As John 6 begins, we follow Jesus
to a mountain. Here, Jesus feeds a large multitude of people with
just a few loaves of bread and a few fish. John records these as
signs and not miracles. I believe he intends these signs, as N. T.
Wright describes, somewhat like a signpost.
Signs pointing to the identity of
who Jesus...
Sep 16, 2021
Jesus leaves the region of Galilee and travels up to Jerusalem. There was a pool there known as Bethesda. Here, many sick people, blind, lame, and paralyzed gathered at this pool hoping to be healed. Although this healing, or sign, is an important sign, the account becomes much more about Jesus’ healing on the Sabbath...
Sep 7, 2021
Continuing in John’s gospel, we follow two very different conversations. Nicodemus, among the religious elite of his day, and a Samaritan woman, whose life has left her longing to satisfy her thirst. Although these conversations have many different contrasts, John focuses us on the Messiah. In Jesus, we can experience...