Tag: John
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“Grace upon Grace”
John 1:1-18 (NRSV) Theme: God’s gift of life, and the gift of Jesus in our lives, gives us the freedom to love and to flourish. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through…
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“Why We Love”
John 3:11-18 (NRSV) ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has…
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“Extravagant Grace”
John 12:1-8 (NRSV) Theme: God’s extravagant grace means all of us are loved and included, made right where we go wrong, and given a chance to flourish in the community of Christ. Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave…
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“It All Adds Up”
John 18:33-38a (NRSV) Theme: When we recognize the truth that Christ is God and King, we are made free to live in God’s kingdom here and now – a place of unconditional love, limitless second chances, and the encouragement we need to be the best people we can be. Then Pilate entered the headquarters again,…
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“PTS Senior Worship”
John 15:15-17 (NRSV) Theme: Christ calls us friends and commands us to love another. Let us discover Christ in one another, recognizing Christ in our community through our friendships, individuals making one loving group. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I…
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“Raised In Faith”
John 11:1-45 (NRSV) Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love…
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“Yours For The Asking”
John 4:5-30;39-42 (NRSV) So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said…