encountering-jesus

Encountering Jesus

The entirety of the Gospel of John is an effort to show that Jesus is the Son of God. Each of the stories that John includes points us to Jesus as the Son.  In this series we are looking at 5 stories where people encountered Jesus and came away with a deeper understanding of who Jesus is and what Jesus came to do.

Encountering Jesus: The Samaritan Woman Pt. 2

By Dave Warner | October 6, 2019

The Samaritan Woman moves from her old reality to her new, alternate reality in Jesus and with a bold confidence she goes back to her town to tell them about Jesus. Our goal is to move into the new reality of the love of God in Jesus Christ which inspires us to tell the town…

Encountering Jesus: The Samaritan Woman at the Well, Pt 1

By Dave Warner | September 29, 2019

As Jesus was journeying through Samaria, at midday he encounters a woman getting water from a well. Jesus approaches her in her reality of being a person on the margins of her society and community but then gives her a new, alternate reality of being loved by Jesus despite her previous poor choices.  What is…

Encountering Jesus, John the Baptist

By Dave Warner | September 22, 2019

Continuing our march through John 3 and 4 we see John the Baptist talking with his followers about Jesus. The concern for John’s followers was that Jesus was taking all their followers! However, John the Baptist assures them that his entire ministry was devoted to point people to Jesus and his summary was that he…

Encountering Jesus: Nick at Night

By Dave Warner | September 15, 2019

Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the night where they discuss the concepts of being born and being born again.  By being born we take on the likeness of our biological parents, by being born again we take on the likeness of our Heavenly Father.