Sermons on John (Page 10)
God
Matt’s message invites reflection on God. How might the Bible and Christian tradition shape the ways we talk about God? What images and metaphors might be faithful in our day to express God’s ineffability? This is the third week of our five-week worship series called On Ramp.
Preparing Our Endings
Matt’s message is rooted in John 12.20-36. How might we look toward the end of our own lives and make decisions that will shape our dying in love?
Did Jesus Die for Your Sins?
Matt’s message is rooted in John 3.14-21. Did Jesus die for your sins? How do you understand the death of Jesus? Matt’s message draws on the writings of Carl Gregg’s “John 3.16 – The Rest of the Story” and Gregory Anderson Love’s Love, Violence, and the Cross: How the Nonviolent God Saves Us through the Cross of Christ.
The Task of Grief
Linda’s message is rooted in John 11.28-36. Grief is part of God’s story. Grief is part of Jesus’ story. Grief is part of our Christian story. Linda’s message invites reflection on how we might relate to grief as we practice our faith today. Click Details to download supporting materials.
The Voice
Matt’s message is rooted in the witness of John the Baptist from John 1.6-8,19-28. This is the third week in our Advent worship series.
Gospel of John
Linda’s message is rooted in John 3.16 and invites reflection on the significance of John’s Gospel for our everyday lives.
Masterpiece
Matt’s message is rooted in Jesus’ turning water to wine at the wedding at Cana in Galilee (John 2.1-11). God is our master artist and you are God’s masterpiece. What kind of art will you leave behind here at The Table? This is the fourth week in a four-week series based on The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art by Erwin McManus.
Voices of the Voiceless
We conclude our worship series on the Art & Resurrection of Justice with Linda and Matt’s message on the voices of the voiceless. The message is rooted in John 10. The biblical scholarship and reflection for this message draws upon the writing of Anne Howard’s blog Change the Soundtrack and the contemporary stories shared from southeast Asia come from David Batstone’s Not for Sale.
Human Trafficking
Our worship series, The Art and Resurrection of Justice, holds the biblical witness of resurrection in conversation with justice issues of our day. Linda’s message is rooted in John 20.19-31 and the brutalities of human trafficking.
Lean In
Linda’s message is rooted in the story of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet in John 12.1-8. How might Jesus call us to lean in? What expectations will we be led to break? Who do we say Jesus is today? Opening Song: Jesus Are You Real by Mason Jennings.
Olympic Medals
Matt’s message continues our series on Olympic Faith with reflection on Olympic medals, Chic-Fil-A, and John 6.24-35.
Olympic Memories
Linda’s message concludes our series on Olympic Faith with reflection on Olympic memories and John 6.35, 41-51.
