John

May 22, 2025

“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” (John 12:32 ESV). These words of Jesus come after a striking moment in John’s Gospel. Some Greeks had come to the feast and expressed a desire to see Jesus. Rather than responding directly to their request, Jesus declared that

May 21, 2025

“His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.” (John 12:16 ESV). John reflects on the moment when Jesus entered Jerusalem, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah by riding on a young donkey. At

May 18, 2025

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” (John 10:14–15 ESV). Jesus calls Himself the good shepherd, setting Himself apart from the unfaithful leaders of Israel who failed to

May 12, 2025

“For not even his brothers believed in him” (John 7:5 ESV). Jesus had four younger half-brothers named James, Joses, Judas and Simon and several unnamed sisters (Mark 6:3) by his mother, Mary and his adopted father, Joseph. Prior to Christ’s resurrection his brothers didn’t believe in him. We don’t read much about them, but here

May 11, 2025

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” — John 6:51 (ESV) In this powerful statement, Jesus identifies Himself as “the living bread that came down from

May 10, 2025

“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” (John 6:27 ESV). Jesus challenged the motives of the crowd who followed Him after the miraculous feeding of the

May 9, 2025

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” (John 6:9 ESV). Andrew brought a young boy to Jesus who had a small and poor lunch, just five barley loaves and two fish. Barley bread was the food of the poor, and the lunch

May 6, 2025

“This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.” (John 4:54 ESV). John doesn’t simply call Jesus’ miracles “wonders” or “miraculous acts.” He calls them “signs.” A sign has a purpose, it points beyond itself. Road signs don’t exist to be admired but to direct us somewhere.

May 3, 2025

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” (John 3:14–15 ESV). Jesus referred to a scene in Numbers 21, when the Israelites were plagued by deadly serpent bites because of their sin. God instructed Moses