Reframing Authority
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus answers the challenge of healing on the Sabbath with the claim that He is the Son of God. This authority means that He is the one who decides what is right and wrong, not them. He is the king over the universe, and He is the judge who will make final value judgments on […]
Reframing Sabbath
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus heals the a man at the pool of Bethesda and then goes on to make a point about the purpose of the Sabbath. This sign points us to the real purpose of the law: to make much of the holiness of God and to shape us to be worshippers of His glory.
Reframing Faith
Pastor Jim Fikkert
An official comes to Jesus asking for help for his son and Jesus heals Him without anything more than a word. This is about much more than Jesus’ ability to heal the body, this sign is pointing us to the work of God to heal us through regeneration.
Reframing dignity
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus and a Samaritan woman meet at a well…this sounds like the beginning of a Jewish love story, and in a way it is. Jesus is here to explain to this social outcast that she is loved by the God of the universe and has dignity based on His love for her.
Reframing Success
Pastor Jim Fikkert
John the Baptist recognizes that his role has changed with the coming of Jesus; his disciples don’t. In the same way, recognizing Jesus should shift where we put our value in this life; we should be willing to set aside our glory to make much of Him. Or as John puts it: I must decrease, […]
Reframing birth
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus is filled with so much theological depth and implications. At its core, it is about what it means to be a Christian: the process a person goes through to go from being lost to being found.
Reframing the Temple
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Jesus storms into the temple and turns over tables. But what is He trying to say? There are a lot of different takes on this action, but in context, this is Jesus next statement about who He is and what He has come to do.
Reframing the Disciples
Pastor Jim Fikkert
As Jesus calls His first disciples, they refer to Him with a variety of titles that describe Him. These titles are what the rest of this gospel is going to explore. As disciples, Jesus is inviting us to come and see, to follow Him, and promises that we will see greater things as we get […]
Reframing the Prophet
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
There came a man sent from God and his name was John. This is how the writer of the gospel (also John) describes John the Baptizer, the forerunner of Jesus. John’s role in the plan of redemption was to prepare the way, to make clear that the connections between the OT prophecies and Jesus were […]
Reframing the Beginning
Pastor Jim Fikkert
John begins his gospel by making numerous references to the Genesis story, but as he does, he recasts this story with a new character, Jesus. He does this to show that Jesus did not appear in the NT, but had been the reason behind creation in the first place. In order to understand everything else, […]
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