Sermons from March 2023
Thoughts on why Jesus wept at Lazarus’ tomb before he brought him back to life
The Jews and others, when they saw Jesus weep, said, “See how he loved him!” Lazarus was in a better place, but Jesus has empathy with Lazarus’ sisters and with our sorrows and grief. Our hope is in Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life. God will not let death have the last word.
Jesus Heals a Man Blind from Birth: why is there suffering?
Traditional Jewish thought said suffering was due to sin. There are various answers as to why we suffer which are usually insufficient. Does God care that we suffer? What, if any, is God’s role? What is Jesus’ role in our suffering?
Got Living Water? Have an encounter with Jesus like the woman at the well
The woman at the well left a changed person–she found Living Water. How do we get Living Water so we can be the person Jesus see us as and not who we think we are?
Nicodemus comes at night to ask Jesus about being born from above
“Night” in the Gospel of John signals the condition of those who want to believe but have difficulty believing. Jesus said that “whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” Being born again does not depend on our faltering faith but on the grace of God so that we are born from above. It is a gift that we have to receive.