by Justin Marple | Apr 27, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Easter, SERMONS
John 20:11-18 reminds us that we are all searching in this life. Some people are professional seekers but we are all seekers — we are all looking for someone or something. Jesus asked Mary, and us, “Whom are you seeking?”...
by Justin Marple | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Easter, SERMONS
John 20:1-10 tells us that the tomb was almost empty, which we will discover is even more exciting than saying that the tomb was “empty.” Yet the passage ends a bit disappointing — telling us that John and Peter did not yet understand the Scripture...
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...
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