by Eric Spivey | Sep 22, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro Over the next three weeks we’re going to look at three events in John 6 that all follow after one another. This week we’ll look at Jesus’ miracle of feeding the 5,000, followed next week by Jesus walking on water to get away from that...
by Eric Spivey | Sep 5, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro This week we’re dropping in on part of a monologue from Jesus, so it’ll be helpful to get our bearings. If you back up in John 5 you’ll see Jesus heal a paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda, who was later accosted by Jewish leaders for breaking the...
by Eric Spivey | Sep 4, 2019 | Discussion Guides, Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro This week we’re picking up at the end of Jesus’ interaction with the woman at the well and focusing on Jesus’ teaching that follows. Note that the sermon was on 4:31-45, but we’re going to back up a few verses for context and finish before the...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 22, 2019 | Discussion Guides, Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro Thinking back to the (series intro) you’ll remember we’re in the Book of Signs in John’s Gospel, which is really interesting given the fact that this passage contains no sign. The Book of Signs (John 2-12) is called that because in it...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 22, 2019 | Discussion Guides, Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro It’s worth pointing out clearly and emphatically that this passage is not about the wine. Wine is a merry little secondary character in this story, showing up only to tell us something about the hero, Jesus. As John documents in 2:11, turning water into...
