by Justin Marple | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 13:21-38 includes three major themes of Maundy Thursday: betrayal, denial, and love. After explaining the origin of the word “Maundy” and reading the passage this message unpacks those three themes and, therefore, what they mean for us as Christians...
by Justin Marple | Apr 13, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 19:16b-42 tells us about the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of John has a different purpose in telling this story than you will find in Matthew, Mark, or Luke. Very important to John is that Jesus was crucified and buried as the King of the...
by Justin Marple | Apr 6, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 19:1-16a shows us the messiness of politics that led to the death of Jesus. Pilate liked to think that he was in control of this area where he was governor, but he did not have the luxury of pretending he was not under authority. In human terms, he served at...
by Justin Marple | Mar 30, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
For more and more people in our culture today the hero of John 18:28-40 is Pilate because he asks, “What is truth?” This is not actually the right question. The right question is, “Who is truth?” And the answer is Jesus Christ — He had...
by Justin Marple | Mar 23, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 18:13-27 shows us both the questioning of Jesus by Annas, the former high priest, and Peter’s three denials of being a disciple. In Peter’s shoes, what would you say? Annas was the real power behind the priesthood and he was trying to decide if they...
by Justin Marple | Mar 13, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
We live in a time when many have perfected the art of playing the victim. There are a variety of psychological reasons that people do so. Sometimes it is a coping strategy because people may be inclined to blame their circumstances and the actions of others than to...
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