John

The Gospel for Life

John 1:1

Realities of the Logos

John 1:1-3

Life in the Logos

John 1:4-5

The Light of the World

John 1:6-13

Incarnating Glory

John 1:14

Overflowing Grace

John 1:15-18

Missing the Pointer

John 1:19-23

It's Hard to Be Humbled

John 1:24-28

This Is the One

John 1:29-34

Come and See

John 1:35-42

A Long Time Coming

Or, The Eternal Love of Easter

John 17:24-26

Follow the Revelation

John 1:43-51

Celebrating Glory

John 2:1-11

Consumed as God's Temple

John 2:12-22

Not a Pretty Picture

John 2:23-25

Unless One Is Born Again

John 3:1-3

Unless One Is Born of the Spirit

John 3:4-8

Lifting up the Son of Man

John 3:9-15

Wrapping God's Love Around Our Minds

John 3:16

Love Like No Other

John 3:16

An Eternal Society

John 3:16

Already Condemned

John 3:17-18

Condemned to Darkness

John 3:19-21

Planned Obsolescence

John 3:22-30

How to See Life

John 3:31-36

Living Water

John 4:1-15

Broken Life, Broken Worship (Pt 1)

John 4:16-22

Broken Life, Broken Worship (Pt 2)

John 4:21-26

Soul Food

John 4:27-42

Wonders and Words

Or, What to Believe for Life

John 4:43-54

Take Up Your Offense

Or, Provoking Opposition on Purpose

John 5:1-15

The Author of Life

Or, Why the Son Never Works Alone

John 5:16-30

Refusal to Thrive

Or, A Case of Ignoring Your Own Witnesses

John 5:31-40

How Can You Believe?

Or, The Paralyzing Pull of Men's Praise

John 5:41-47

A Familiar Story

Or, The Path of Least Believing

John 6:1-15

What's Missing?

Or, Every Disciple's Greatest Fear

John 6:16-21

Shelf Life (Pt 1)

Or, Looking for Loaves for All the Wrong Reasons

John 6:22-34

Shelf Life (Pt 2)

Or, Looking for Loaves for All the Wrong Reasons

John 6:22-34

Behold and Believe

Or, The Gift That Cannot Be Lost

John 6:35-40

A Prophetic Drawing

Or, Why Coming to Jesus Is No Drag

John 6:41-46

Living Bread

Or, Having Hunger But Not Having Taste

John 6:47-51

Hard to Chew

Or, Why You're Dead If You Don't Eat and Drink

John 6:52-59

Harder Than You Think

Or, The Need for Spiritual Initiative

John 6:60-65

Walking Away

Or, A Tragedy of Eternal Proportion

John 6:66-71

The Demands of Unbelief

Or, When Missing the Point Isn't Enough

John 7:1-13

How Can It Be?

Or, Using God's Gifts to Get God's Glory

John 7:14-24

Coming and Going

Or, Jesus' Return to Sender

John 7:25-36

An Overflow of Fulfillment

Or, The Difference Between Blessing Cul-de-sacs and Conduits

John 7:37-39

Ironies of Unbelieving

Or, Don't Expect Reasonable Responses

John 7:40-52

Dealing with a Dilemma

Or, The Effects of Mercy Displayed

John 7:53-8:11

Line of Sight

Or, It Takes Two to Bring a Thing to Light

John 8:12-20

The Nature of Sacrifice

Or, Lessons from Another World

John 8:21-30

Truly Free Followers

Or, What We Need to Know about Believing

John 8:31-32

The Bind That Blinds

Or, Freeing Slaves Who Fight Against Freedom

John 8:33-38

Family Lies

Or, The Conditions of True Paternity

John 8:39-47

No Question About It

Or, I Am in the Flesh

John 8:48-59

Clear as Mud

Or, What God Wants Us to See

John 9:1-7

Ask Him Again

Or, Seeking the Facts to Question the Facts

John 9:8-23

Now I See

Or, How to Give Glory to God

John 9:24-34

If You Have to Ask

Or, When the Things of God Grow Strangely Dim

John 9:35-41

They're Not Following

Or, A Shepherd and His Sheep Go Together

John 10:1-6

Christ's Flourishing Fold

Or, It's Good to Be Sheep

John 10:7-10

Death of a Shepherd

Or, What Makes Sacrifice So Good

John 10:11

Not for Hire

Or, The Motivation of a Shepherd's Sacrifice

John 10:11-16

Deliberate to Death

Or, When Sacrifice Seems Crazy

John 10:17-21

In Good Hands

Or, Once a Sheep - Always a Sheep

John 10:22-30

Evidence to the Contrary

Or, Don't Take My Word for It

John 10:31-42

A Love for Glory (Pt 1)

Or, Sovereign Gladness and Sovereign Sorrow Do Not Contradict

John 11:1-16

A Love for Glory (Pt 2)

Or, Sovereign Gladness and Sovereign Sorrow Do Not Contradict

John 11:7-16

Resurrecting Hope

Or, Why We Believe It's Impossible for Death to Win

John 11:17-27

Something to Cry About

Or, The Deep Trouble of Motivations

John 11:28-37

No Cooperation Necessary

Or, There Is Hope for the Dead

John 11:38-44

Pulsing Hostility

Or, The Die Is Cast

John 11:45-57

Anger Undercover

Or, A Poor Excuse

John 12:1-11

Not Your Typical Triumph

Or, A Day to Remember

John 12:12-19

The Fruit of Death

Or, Be Buried or Be Barren

John 12:20-26

Now You Tell Me

Or, Who is this Son of Man?

John 12:27-36

Wouldn't or Couldn't?

Or, Glory Too Brilliant to See

John 12:37-43

Two for One

Or, Reviewing the Word of Life

John 12:44-50

A Defining Moment

Or, When Lowering the Bar Raises the Standard

John 13:1-5

Need to Know

Or, Jesus Knows What He's Doing

John 13:6-11

No Comparison

Or, Measuring Humility by the Foot

John 13:12-17

Foretelling a Tragedy

Or, When Can Betrayal Strengthen Believing?

John 13:18-30

A Time to Love

Or, One Rule That Creates Glorious Community on Earth

John 13:31-35

Affirmation of Denial

Or, Following Jesus Later Begins Now

John 13:36-38

Exclusive Encouragement

Or, Jesus Is the Only Way

John 14:1-7

It Is Enough

Or, Knowing Jesus Changes What We Ask For

John 14:8-14

Helper and Home (Pt 1)

Or, Loving to Be in Fellowship

John 14:15-24

Helper and Home (Pt 2)

Or, Loving to Be in Fellowship

John 14:15-24

The Lord of Peace

Or, His Gifts and Going Are Good (for Him!)

John 14:25-31

Abiding Fruit

Or, Pruned Up for More Produce

John 15:1-4

Abide or Bust

Or, Nothing Is Not Nothing

John 15:5-8

Abiding Ramifications

Or, Jesus' Work of Joyification

John 15:9-11

No Greater Fruit

Or, How Far a Friend's Love Will Go

John 15:12-17

A Subversive Subculture (Pt 1)

Or, What the World Needs Now Is What the World Hates Most

John 15:18-25

A Subversive Subculture (Pt 2)

Or, What the World Needs Now Is What the World Hates Most

John 15:18-25

A Very Present Helper

Or, Witnesses Who Don't Waver in Service

John 15:26-16:4a

Advantage: Disciples

Or, The Spirit Makes a World of Difference

John 16:4-11

A Guide to Glory

Or, Getting a Hold on What We Can Handle

John 16:12-15

Lament and Delivery

Or, In a Little While Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

John 16:16-24

The Overcoming

Or, Communion and Courage in Christ after the Cross

John 16:25-33

We Have Seen His Glory

Or, We Have Not Yet Seen His Glory in Full

John 17:1-5

Life-Giving Glory

Or, What It Means to Recognize the Only True God

John 17:1-5

To Whom Much Has Been Given

Or, Why Jesus Does Not Pray for the World

John 17:6-11

Kept in the World

Or, Jesus Prays for Divine Unity and Joy on Earth

John 17:11b-16

Sanctified in the Truth

Or, Jesus Prays for Holy Witnesses in the World

John 17:17-19

Oneness as Witness

Or, What Jesus Prays for the World to Know

John 17:20-23

Getting to Be a Given-One

Or, The Doctrine That Drives Hope in Jesus' Prayer

John 17:1-26

Lord of the Traitor

Or, Not Your Garden-variety Arrest

John 18:1-11

Out of Order

Or, Pre-Trial and Three Denials

John 18:12-27

Confession of the King

Or, Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth

John 18:28-40

For Such a Time

Or, When the Heavenly Father Gave Earthly Authority to Abuse His Son

John 19:1-11

Disowning Deliverance

Or, They Should Have Said, "We Have No Savior but Jesus"

John 19:12-16

The Crucifixion of the King (Pt 1)

Or, An Unchangeable, Applicable Title

John 19:16b-18

The Crucifixion of the King (Pt 2)

Or, An Unchangeable, Applicable Title

John 19:16b-27

It Is Finished (Pt 1)

Or, The Hour That Changed the World

John 19:28-30

It Is Finished (Pt 2)

Or, The Hour That Changed the World

John 19:31-42

The Inexorable Resurrection

Or, Why Jesus Had to Rise from the Dead

John 20:1-10

Why Are You Weeping?

Or, Hope Is Standing Right in Front of You

John 20:11-18

Peace Be with You

Or, Rejoicing and Responsibility in Light of Jesus' Resurrection

John 20:19-23

My Lord and My God

Or, The Blessing of Believing

John 20:24-29

A Compelling Conclusion

Or, Coming to the Point in the Book for Life

John 20:30-31

Further Revelation

Or, Coming to the Point in the Book for Life

John 21:1-14

Do You Love Me?

Or, Reinstated to Care for the Fold

John 21:15-17

Every Disciple's Destiny

Or, Glorifying God When Things Get Out of Hand

John 21:18-23

Uncontainable Fruit

Or, The Difference One Book Has Made

John 21:24-25