Newlife Sermon Podcast

Nov 17, 2019 Gospel of John part 9   see slides watch video

New Life at the Pool - Healing followed by some radical claims

How might you be like the man at the pool?

• Most of those who have studied this chapter see it as disorganized and repetetive,+but in fact there is a beautiful logic to Jesus’ reasoning.

Nov 10, 2019 Gospel of John part 8   see slides watch video

A Challenging Story about the Journey of Faith

Even if you are a Christian, there are some deep challenges in this story.

• Jesus wants to keep moving you along the journey until you really know who he is, and act accordingly.

Nov 3, 2019 Gospel of John part 7   see slides watch video

The Woman at the Well - Jesus Sees your Deepest Need

• There’s a lot more to this story than meets the eye, from why she misunderstood Jesus, to connections with several other well-encounters in the Bible, and finally all the talk about food at the end being a clue to what really satisfies us.

Oct 20, 2019 Gospel of John part 6   see slides watch video

God’s Love for Humanity

• John 3:16 is probably the best known verse in the Bible, but it has a hidden depth and richness that makes it (and the rest of the passage) well worth studying.

Oct 13, 2019 Gospel of John part 5   see slides watch video

Born from Above

• Jesus challenged Nicodemus to think outside his religious box.
• In a similar way he challenges us, not to live ordinary lives limited by the expectations of this world,
• but to embrace the amazing reality of the age to come, now in the present.

Oct 6, 2019 Gospel of John part 4   see slides watch video

Anger and Love in the Temple

• What exactly made Jesus so angry?
• Why did he gave such a strange answer to the Pharisees?
• When we can truly resonate with Jesus’ anger and feel his love, we can get what this story is all about.

Sept 29, 2019 Gospel of John part 3   see slides watch video

A Different Take on turning Water into Wine

• Why does Jesus answer Mary in such an odd way? It is almost rude and seems very out of character.
• Yet it turns out that this answer is what unlocks the challenge to us in the story.

Sept 17, 2019 Gospel of John part 2   see slides watch video

Why the very first believers were so drawn to Jesus

• Before Jesus even started doing miracles, John is very interested in the impact he had on people.
• Some people didn’t care, but others were drawn to him powerfully.
• We can engage with Jesus today like those those first followers did.

Sept 8, 2019 Gospel of John part 1   see slides watch video

The extraordinary poem hidden in the first 18 verses of John

• Be impacted by the power and the beauty of this painting of Jesus at the beginning of John. My Jesus, God from all eternity, came down to earth as a human so that I might have new life.

Sept 22, 2019     see slides watch video

Jonah - More Than Just a Fish Story

• Listen as Braden explains how Jonah is more than just a story about an Old Testament prophet
• It’s a story that is in many ways about each one of us, and it is one that is both challenging and comforting.

Sept 1, 2019     see slides watch video

The Temple, from Eden to Revelation

• There are amazing connections between Eden, the Temple, Jesus’ teaching, and the book of Revelation.
• Our understanding of parts of the Bible will come into sharper focus if we get these themes and connections.
• Grasping the power of the temple imagery throughout the Bible will impact our own lives and mission.

Aug 25, 2019     see slides watch video

A Psalm that will change your life

Psalm 90 starts out as one of the most depressing scriptures:

• “You live 70 yrs and die. If you live to 80 it will just be pain, and so on…”
• But by an extraordinary twist, which you need the handout to really see, everything is turned on its head.
• Make sure you view the handout here: nlife.ca/…les/Psalm90-text.pdf