September 15, 2003

John 1:1-11

Explanation of "the Word." Shows its uses in the Jewish community as a contemporary way of bridging Jewish and Aramaic languages. Shows how Jesus transcends normal approaches to God.

September 22, 2003

John 1:14-18

Takes on the Jewish notion of security in God based on the Temple of Abrahamic ancestry. Shows Jesus as the new Temple, the "dwelling." Discusses the revolutionary concept that truth could be specified in one place and in one person.

September 29, 2003

John 1:19-29

John the Baptist as the completion of the Arronic priesthood. He receives the Lab. The beginning of the end for the OT system.

October 6, 2003

John 1:35-42

The calling of Andrew and John. discusses the failure of Israel and the current problem within the Church. The difference between 'seeing' the Kingdom and 'entering' the Kingdom.

October 13, 2003

John 1:35-42

The calling of Phillip and Nathaniel. Jesus as the representative of the gate of Jacob, the place where heaven intersects the Earth. Nathaniel as the 'true Israelite.'

October 20, 2003

John 2:1-11

The inability of Judaism to transform the 'do-er.' Jesus' power of transformation and the need for it in us. Jewish wedding customs. The reign of the Messiah as being a time of wine.

October 27, 2003

John 2:13-25

The attack on the Temple. The prophecy concerning the Lord appearing in the Temple. Canaanites as 'merchants.' The Spirit's role in helping us remember the things of Christ.

November 3, 2003

John 3:1-21

The idea of our inability to understand the plain truths of the Bible. The inability to 'recognize' Jesus and his work while He was on Earth. Images of the Cross enter the Gospel again, this time as the Nehushtan, the bronze snake Moses lifted up in the desert.

November 10, 2003

John 3:22-36

John the Baptist revisited. His success in denying any glory of his own except for that which God had given him.

November 17, 2003

John 4:5-6

The relationship of Mts Ebal and Gerizim. The woman at the well as the Bride of Christ. The friction between Jewish worshipers and Samaritan ones. The exposure of Shechem.

November 24, 2003

John 4:6-28

Comparison of 'Jacob's Water' to Christ's "living water." Christ as the only way, despite the intent and even sincerity of the seeker.

January 26, 2004

John 4:27-42

The woman at the well becomes a spring of life. She goes to those that have wounded her. Now is the time for the harvest. We live in a special time.

February 2, 2004

John 4:43-53

A Jewish royal official comes to Christ because of the illness of his son. The use of pain in our lives to bring us to God. God's discipline and His love shown through His sanctification of us through any means necessary.

February 9, 2004

John 5:1-14

A lame man is healed at the pool during a Jewish feast. Christ proclaims His station with the Father and the end of Judaism. There is no more 'resting.'

February 16, 2004

John 5:15-21

The Sabbath is a reminder to us of what God has done that we could never do. Jesus refers to all He does as being of the same type of work. He is equal to the Father and that which He does, our salvation, we could never do.

February 23, 2004

John 5:22-30

The Father has given all things to the Son. One cannot reject the Son and honor the Father. This is the heartbreak of Islam and Judaism. He is the "Son of God" and the "Son of Man," stations of judgment.

March 1, 2004

A look throughout the OT for prefigurements of Christ.

March 15, 2004

John 5:30-39

Christ indicts Israel for their rejection of Him. He lists the reasons that they should believe and why it should be no surprise that because they reject these 'signs' they reject Him.

March 22, 2004

John 5:37-47

The role of Scripture as a trustworthy guide to Christ. The rejection of the Bible is a rejection of God's purpose and the revelation of Christ.

March 29, 2004

John 6:1-13

A look at the guidance that Christ gives the Church regarding service and mission. A call as to how we should live.

April 12, 2004

John 6:15-21

The Kingship of Christ expressed not by followers, but a demonstration of true power. This was the prophecy of Habakkuk. Christ's authority over all things.

April 19, 2004

John 6:22-33

The Bible's message is not about God's mission to make you happy. It deals with sin and salvation. Christ is the way of salvation, upon whom the Father has placed His approval. The continuing slide of the crowd is shown.

April 26, 2004

John 6:34-71

Many follow but only few believe. Christ speaks of the need for the Father to draw people to him. It explains why so many can want him as King hours before and then quickly walk away.

August 23, 2004

John 7:1-12

Jesus is separated from the world. We stand with the world. Discipleship is our divorce from the world. A long, slow process.

August 30, 2004

John 7:10-20

Jesus' understanding of life gives us the parameters for our own understanding of life. If we know His words are from God, how does that affect us?

September 13, 2004

John 7:21-28

Religious performance is of no gain with God. He looks to the heart and that is the scary reality we find ourselves in. Christ has come to forgive our sins so we can stand before God blameless. One truthful look at any human heart and the knowledge of the need for a Savior is undisputable.

September 20, 2004

John 7:30-39

Jesus becomes the very pathy through which we are approved or rejected by God. The irony is that in rejecting Him, we become rejected.

September 27, 2004

John 7:40-52

Jesus is the ultimate expression of all that the Father is to us. In Him, all of God's mercy and wrath are contained. The wise will seek Him, He speaks with authority.

October 4, 2004

John 8:11-18

Jesus as the sole expression of the Father. In Him, we have humanity's greatest asset: one who can tell us about God.

October 11, 2004

John 8:19-30

The question of who Jesus is predominates all of existence. Not only is who we are in God contingent upon what we believe about Jesus, but it also gives us a glimpse into how to live our lives. He is our guide.

October 18, 2004

John 8:31-39

Jesus made clear commands regarding discipleship, and they include obeying His commands. Obedience is the state of the disciple, not the prerequisite for discipleship.

October 25, 2004

A look at John the Baptist and how we should live in order to further the purposes of the Kingdom in the world.

November 1, 2004

John 8:40-48

Jesus declares what true obedience is.

November 8, 2004

John 8:48-59

Jesus makes His greatest claim of deity. The self-righteous cannot hear it.

November 15, 2004

God works in our lives through all things. We must learn to evaluate things on the Kingdom scale and not just on what we see or feel.

November 22, 2004

John 9:8-34

The blind man returns to his village, a public display of what Christ has done. This display costs him everything, but he counts it joy.

January 17, 2005

John 10:1-7

Jesus begins a clash with the Pharisees over the issue of the blind man. He uses the OT image of the shepherd, including specific prophecies that speak of Him. He is the Shepherd that has prepared the way for us.

January 24, 2005

John 10:7-21

Jesus shows that He is the only way to the Father. He is the only teacher to whom we should listen. Other doctrines enslave and destroy us. The height of the knowledge that Jesus comes to bring us is that we are known. Known by Him and known by the Father. This is a great blessing or a great curse.

February 14, 2005

John 11:1-44

Jesus shows the full grace of God by taking on death. He also shows us the fullness of the sovereighnty of God, and yet the fullness of His love for us.

February 21, 2005

John 11:45 - 12:11

Caiphas and Mary are showed in contrast. Mary's laying down her honor in worship is shown as the proper response versus Caiphas' holding onto his honor even at the cost of the murder of a man. Worship is defined as a laying down of all that we are before God. Can we worship that which we do not honor above ourselves?

February 28, 2005

John 12:12-36

Jesus and the Triumphal entry. While the Jews plan their political rescue, Gentile followers come and ask just to speak with Jesus. Jesus gives the example of humble submission to God even when the road lies in suffering, something Phillip might see coming to full circle in his own life.

March 7, 2005

John 12:36-50

John gives reasons that the Jews rejected Jesus. While the history of Israel seems to lead to the inevitable acceptance of the Gospel, the reject it. There are grand notions of the mysteries of God we will never understand, but must accept.

March 14, 2005

John 13:1-35

Jesus gives the perfect example of the life the believer should live in the washing of the disciples' feet. He then tells us this is the standard of conduct that He expects.

March 28, 2005

John 14:1-11

The famous verse in which Jesus speaks that He alone is the way to the Father. There is no 'playing' with this verse. We must make our stand on Christ. More and more, the church is sliding into general theism and away from Christianity. Christ is our hope. He encourages us to know that where He is, we will always be.

April 4, 2005

John 14:12-15

Jesus calls us to a greater life. But what is this greater life? Misunderstandings could lead us to false expectations of how we should live. Expectations that Paul seems to say will be an indication of the end times. The Anti-Christ, specifically, might be hidden in the details.

April 11, 2005

John 14:15-21

Jesus introduces the Holy Spirit. There are definitive things we should know about the Holy Spirit. This study is called pneumatology. The Holy Spirit is our connection to Christ and the new life in which we are walking.

April 18, 2005

John 14:22-31

Jesus calls us to lives of holiness. To miss out on holiness as THE call of the Christian life is to be focused on the wrong 'end' of the call that we have received. The Father will live with the one that obeys. This is made possible in the believer by the presence of the Holy Spirit. Jesus has brought us peace. In His terms, this is the very presence of God.

April 25, 2005

Ezekiel 24:15-24

THE missing piece of modern Christianity is examined. There is no other portion of the Christian worldview that is more important. Or under more attack.

August 22, 2005

John 15:1-5

The vine is the source of life for the branches. Without, the branch is worthless. So it is with Jesus and His disciples. Anyone calling themselves a disciple but not purposely and intentionally connecting themselves to vine should take note.

August 29, 2005

John 15:5-16

Jesus gives directions for those that would follow. The fruit He is looking for is something so beyond us, He is the only one that can produce it.

September 12, 2005

John 15:17

The hardest, most important thing Jesus had to say to those that would follow Him.

September 19, 2005

John 15:18-25

Jesus calls us to a life of love, but the result is not what you would think. Here, believer, is a way to look at the world that you MUST adopt in order to make sense of it all.

September 26, 2005

John 15:26 - 16:15

Jesus speaks about all the Spirit is to do and the roles that He is to play in our lives.

October 3, 2005

John 16:16-33

Jesus makes all of creation make sense. Without Him, there is no way to understand all that God has done for humanity.

October 10, 2005

How does romance and sexual attraction center around Jesus? Is there something more to our sex lives than just what the world tells us?

October 17, 2005

October 24, 2005

Are there things we should know about dating if Jesus is Lord? Take a look at what the Bible says about the heart and singleness.

October 31, 2005

Marriage is the most used image of Jesus and the Church. If this is so, what are the implications as to how we should approach and live in the state of matrimony? What is marriage about?

November 7, 2005

John 17:1-13

Jesus prays for His followers. There is no better look into the heart of God for His people.

November 14, 2005

John 17:13-19

Jesus leaves His disciples with instructions. These instructions leave us at fundamental odds with the world. Will we walk as He did?

November 21, 2005

John 17:20-26

Jesus completes the High Priestly Prayer. He prays specifically for us, those who would believe from the message of the apostles. He calls us to the one sign the world will believe.

January 30, 2006

John 18:1-11

Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. How can God use suffering to glorify Himself? To say that He doesn't sometime do that exact thing is to skip over Jesus' example.

February 6, 2006

John 18:12-14

Sacrifice is a theme throughout the entire Bible. As John walks into the Passion week, we take a look at Jesus, the events that surrounded the week and how they were God's plan from all eternity.

February 20, 2006

John 18:15-28

The illustration of the human reaction to Jesus is well shown in His Jewish trial.

February 27, 2006

John 18:28-40

Earthly and heavenly Kingdoms collide as Jesus and Pilate are introduced. Jesus continues to act in ways that make no sense in a worldly perspective.

March 6, 2006

What is the true Gospel that the Bible predicts will be revolted against in the end times?

March 13, 2006

Romans 3

March 27, 2006

John 19

John seems to be pointing out three things with his presentation of Jesus’ Cross. This week we look at two; kingship and death.

April 3, 2006

John 19

The last thing John points out about the Cross; it was ordained

April 10, 2006

John 20:1-18

Mary’s encounter with the living Christ begins the church age. What can we learn from her?

April 17, 2006

John 20:19-21

Thomas is the example of our response to Jesus.

April 24, 2006

John 21

This is call; to seek those in the dark and pull them into the light.

August 21, 2006

Galatians 5

August 28, 2006

Galatians 6

September 11, 2006

Romans 1:16-17

September 18, 2006

Romans 1:18

September 25, 2006

Romans 1:18-22,28

October 2, 2006

Romans 1:16-21,28 2:12-16

October 9, 2006

Romans 1:20-28 2:12-16

October 16, 2006

Romans 1:21-2:5

October 23, 2006

Romans 2:6-16

October 30, 2006

Romans 2:17-24

November 06, 2006

Romans 2:15-30

November 13, 2006

Romans 1:16-17, 3:15-22

November 20, 2006

Romans 3:23-24

November 27, 2006

Romans 3:25-26

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