As we get to John 12, we are one step closer to the death and resurrection of Christ. In this chapter, Jesus becomes anointed as he was given a dinner of honor from Mary and Martha at Bethany. Mary had bought a very expensive pint of perfume to pore and...

John 11 shows the great power of Jesus’s divine ability. In this chapter, Lazarus’s sister approaches Jesus telling her that her brother has been dead and in the tomb for 4 days. Jesus asked her to bring him to the tomb. There he wept which showed his humanity in the...

John 10 has another “I am” statement that draws us closer to him if we trust him and believe his claim. Jesus starts off this chapter by telling the Pharisees an analogy of the sheep entering a gate by the Shepherd. This of course was a figure of speech as...

If we are reading the Gospel of John from starting to finish, moving on to John 9 should be interesting because of the power and authority of Christ that is reveled in John 8. John 9 starts with Jesus meeting a blind man while the disciples wonder if he is...

John 8 remains one of my favorite passages of scripture as well as an important reminder of the compassion that we should show when dealing with sin and sinners. This passage of scripture starts off with Jesus going to the temple courts to be near the Pharisee’s and religious people...

John 7 is another story of Jesus making himself known to mankind as the Messiah but also that he is not here for religion but instead to testify the truth. The story is also interesting because if it were up to the Jewish leaders, this would have been their opportunity...

When looking at John 6, it is important to note that this was toward the peak of Jesus’ ministry. People had heard about Jesus all throughout Judea, Samaria and to the high priests in Jerusalem.  When preparing for the Passover meal with all those people, Jesus shows his messianic powers...

I decided to take a week of from the blog considering I was preaching on John 4 the upcoming Sunday (yesterday). I thought it would be neat to pick up this weeks’ blog starting right after Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman. Starting this week with John 5, we see...