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On the Church & the State

Theology is no easy philosophy, it raises many different questions like how does the Christian live in a secular world, do they run for office, if so when? Likewise, the political realm has had its challenges with religion as well for example: what and how much should the gov tolerant rel? All the questions andContinue reading “On the Church & the State”

On the Prodigal Son and The Good Father

“A certain man had two sons…”: A parable about the goodness of God Within the third Gospel, also the third book of the New Testament, the author, Luke, writes his account of the Gospel, that is the good news directly for Theophilus meaning God lover, or lover of God. The oldest traditions of the churchContinue reading “On the Prodigal Son and The Good Father”

John 18

Pray Read the text 18:1-6 What made Jesus so bold in His proclamation of Himself? Love. He loved us, His Church, enough to die for us. He, therefore, boldly went to proclaim should love. Why do you think the soldiers were so shocked at Jesus’ proclamation? One man’s boldness vs a legion of trained soldiers.Continue reading “John 18”

John 17

Pray Read the Text Intro to John 17: Perhaps y\’all are aware of the “Lord’s Prayer” in Matt. 6:9-13 but that section of scripture is a prayer taught to the disciples by Jesus as a pattern for their prayers. John, here, records what is truly the Lord’s Prayer. There is very little is recordedContinue reading “John 17”

John 16

Read Pray John 16 16:1-4 16:1 What has Jesus been saying to His disciples? John 15. What\’s it mean to “fall away”? In its original Greek, it means to “be led into sin”. So what was one main point to take away from John 15 that would keep us from falling away? 15:12-15 Jesus diedContinue reading “John 16”

John 12

ReadPray 12:1-8 12:1 So here is the last week of Jesus ministry and this chapter is the completion of His public teachings. 12:2 A dinner no doubt in Jesus honor and thanks for raising Lazarus. 12:3 Why would Mary anoint Jesus feet with oil? Why did she do that? She anointed His feet, His lowestContinue reading “John 12”

John 11

Read.Pray So here is our last chapter in John before John spends basically 2/3s of his gospel in the last week of Jesus’ life. And John seems to really set up Jesus\’ last week with this chapter concluding on the plot to kill Jesus. We’re gonna be talking about love, death and glory, and prayerContinue reading “John 11”

John 10

ReadPray This chapter is divided into 3 sections: the good shepherd discourse (10:1-21), the discourse with the new (22-38) and a closing section (39-42) The chapter is unified by the themes that Jesus is Lord, Israel’s shepherd, that He is one with the Father and that His saving activity absolutely secures the protection of theContinue reading “John 10”

John 9

PrayRead So tonight we’re gonna be talking about suffering and the symbolism of the gospel in this story with the blind man. 9:2 So from the get-go, we have a serious problem that the disciples have just set up a “false dichotomy” about the reason for this man to be blind. It wasn’t because heContinue reading “John 9”

John 8:31-59

8:31-38 What do y’all notice about this passage? What does it mean to “abide” in Jesus\’ words? 8:31 What\’s it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? 8:31 What is the truth? And How do we know the truth? v32 He is the truth and His teachings are true. Holding to the teaching of JesusContinue reading “John 8:31-59”