The Gospel of JOHN

Reframing Jesus

Everyone, knowingly or not, has painted a portrait of Jesus in their mind. Some of these portraits are clear and robust with knowledge and details that can only come from spending significant time with the subject.   Christians can easily have these portraits distorted by legalistic tradition crafting an image of God’s Son as harsh and unrelatable, liberal license showing a wise teacher who cared for the poor and marginalized but never addressed sin or called for repentance and obedience, or ignorance making a portrait vague or less than fully accurate. Even those who are opposed or indifferent to Jesus have painted portraits worthy of only mockery or that are too small to have an impact on their lives.

In Reframing Jesus, we do not desire to reinvent Jesus into someone He is not or make Jesus into an image we are more comfortable with. Instead, we seek to have our portrait of Jesus reframed by the Word of God in John’s Gospel to see Him as accurately and glorious as possible.


PORTRAITS OF TRUTH

John 20:30, 21:25 | Portraits of Truth

John 1:1-5, 9-14 | Reframing the Beginning

John 1:6-8, 15-34 | Reframing the Prophet

John 1:35-51 | Reframing the Disciples


 PORTRAITS OF LIFE

John 2:1-12 | Reframing Life

John 2:13-25 | Reframing the Temple

John 3:1-21 | Reframing Birth

John 3:22-36 | Reframing Success 

John 4:1-44 | Reframing Dignity

John 4:43-54 | Reframing Faith  

John 5:1-17 | Reframing Sabbath

John 5:18-47 | Reframing Authority

John 6:1-15 | Reframing Need

John 6:16-21 | Reframing Power

John 6:22-71 | Reframing Provision

John 7:1-24 | Reframing the Law

John 7:25-52 | Reframing Proof

John 7:53-8:11 | Reframing Forgiveness

John 8:12-30 | Reframing Enlightenment

John 8:31-59 | Reframing Freedom

John 9:1-41 | Reframing Sight

John 10:1-21 | Reframing Shepherding

John 10:22-42 | Reframing Outrage

John 11:1-44 | Reframing Death

John 11:45-12:11 | Reframing Value

John 12:12-36 | Reframing Expectations

John 12:37-50 – Reframing Trust


PORTRAITS OF GLORY

John 13:1-20 | Reframing Leadership

John 13:21-14:14 | Reframing Failure

John 14:15-31 | Reframing Obedience

John 15-16:4 | Reframing Love and Hate

John 16:4-33 | Reframing the Holy Spirit

John 17:1-5 | Reframing the Trinity

John 17:6-19 | Reframing Sanctification

John 17:20-26 | Reframing Unity


PORTRAITS OF LOVE

John 18:1-27 | Reframing Victory

John 18:28-19:16 | Reframing the Verdict

John 19:17-41 | Reframing Defeat

John 20:1-18 | Reframing the Tomb

John 20:19-31 | Reframing Doubt

John 21:1-14 | Reframing Commission

John 21:15-25 | Reframing Restoration

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