Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: christianity

  • A Most Profound Conversation – Part 4

    John 4:25-26, CEB The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus told her, “I am the Messiah!”                 We’ve been spending a lot of time unpacking this conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well.  This is…

  • Just on the Way to…hey wait!

    John 4:1-4 Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was making more disciples and baptizing more than John (although Jesus’ disciples were baptizing, not Jesus himself). Therefore, he left Judea and went back to Galilee. Jesus had to go through Samaria.                 This passage seems to be nothing more than a transition. To…

  • What We Are Doing isn’t Doing What We Think It Is

    John 3:16-21, CEB God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.  God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.  Whoever believes in him isn’t judged;…

  • Nicodemus Part 2 (and of Course, John 3:16)

    John 3:10-17 “Jesus answered, “You are a teacher of Israel and you don’t know these things?  I assure you that we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you don’t receive our testimony.  If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe…

  • Nicodemus Part 1

    John 3:1-10 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader.  He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered, “I assure you,…

  • A Faith That Can’t Be Trusted

    John 2:23-25, CEB While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs that he did.  But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them because he knew all people.  He didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature, for he knew what human nature was.…

  • What Tables Would Jesus Be Overturning Today?

    John 2:13-22 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there.  He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the…

  • God Was There and We Didn’t Know It!

    John 1:43-51, NLT The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus,…

  • Come and See

    John 1:35-42, CEB The next day John was standing again with two of his disciples.  When he saw Jesus walking along he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”  The two disciples heard what he said, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he asked, “What are you looking for?” They said,…

  • The Answer is No (and Yes)

    John 1:19-23, CEB This is John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” John confessed (he didn’t deny but confessed), “I’m not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” John said, “I’m not.” “Are you the prophet?” John answered, “No.”…