by Eric Spivey | Oct 14, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro Take just a moment to try to get in the mind of Jesus’ audience in this passage. In the US in 2019 you’re rarely more than a few minutes from what amounts to an endless supply of water, and folks only die of dehydration from freak accidents....
by Eric Spivey | Oct 6, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro This week is the climax of our little three week unit in John 6 in which Jesus will explain what he was getting at when he fed the 5000 (two weeks ago). One great thing about John’s Gospel is his careful attention to detail with Jesus’...
by Eric Spivey | Sep 29, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro With Jesus having withdrawn from the crowds, the disciples decided to head back to Capernaum, a city they had stayed in before that offered some provisions and a place to stay, something they didn’t have on the other side of the Galilean Sea. Part...
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...