The Gospel of John

Who is Jesus? What does it mean to believe in Him? Through the Gospel of John, Jesus invites us to "come and see." Until Easter, we will study the Gospel of John on Sunday mornings, and we encourage you to read along on your own, in your household, or in a small group. As we see Jesus together, we will be sent by Jesus into the world He so loved.

 

Week 1 | February 2: John 1:35-51

Sermon transcript & Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Resources: Introduction to John with Marianne Meye Thompson | Bible Project Guide: The Book of John

Week 2 | February 9: John 2:1-25

Sermon transcript & Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: The Chosen, Season 1 Episode 5, “The Wedding Gift” (also streaming on Amazon Prime)

Think: Chris Blumhofer Lecture on John 2:1-12

Reflect: Luther, Sermon on John 2:1-11

Week 3 | February 16: John 3:1-15

Sermon transcript & Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: The Chosen, Season 1, Episode 7, “Invitations”

Think: Born of the Spirit - I Am Who I Am (Tim Mackie, The Bible Project)

Reflect: Nicodemus (Graham Kendrick -The Acoustic Gospels)

Week 4 | February 23: John 4:4-42

Sermon transcript & Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: The Chosen, Season 1, Episode 8, “I am he”

Think: The Real Woman at the Well (Lynn H. Cohick)

Reflect: Meet Me at the Well (RC Music Collective)

Week 5 | March 2: John 4:43-54

Sermon transcript & Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Think: The Listener’s Commentary on John 4:43–54

Reflect: St. Augustine on John 4:43-54

Week 6 | March 9: John 5:1-15

Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: The Chosen, Season 2, Episode 4, “The Perfect Opportunity”

Think: Craig Koester, “The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda: John 5:1-18

Week 7 | March 16: John 6:1-13, 25-29

Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Think: Harold Attridge and David Bartlett Discussing John 6

Reflect:  Discipleship in John: Essay Discipleship, with reference to John’s Gospel

Week 8 | March 23: John 9:1-41

Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: Spend some time studying and reflecting on Duccio’s 14th century painting “The Healing of the Man Born Blind.”

Ask: What is the condition of the blind man? How is Jesus’s touch portrayed? What are the various figures in the crowd representing? Which character’s perspective would you take on as you own?

Reflect: N.T. Wright, “Hope Amid the Broken Signposts” 

Week 9 | March 30: John 11:1-44

Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: “The Last Sign,” The Chosen (Season 4, Episode 7)

Think: Chris Blumhofer lecture on John 11 

Reflect: Jamie Mulvaney, “Why we project ourselves on Lazarus”

Week 10 | April 6: John 11:55-12:11

Scripture reading | Livestream recording

Imagine: A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar” -The Beyond the Walls Choir

Think: David Ford, Commentary on John 12:1-8

Reflect: St. Anselm, Meditation on the Anointing of Jesus (St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations, 11-12th c) | Fifteenth Meditation)