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 2:13-25 | Reframing the Temple
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 6:16-21 | 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 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