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May 26, 2020
Living Water and the Samaritan Woman [The Hero of the Story]
What did Jesus mean when He taught about living water? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: Why Jesus went to Samaria at allWhat was significant about the meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan womanThe importance of the ready harvest Jesus spoke ofHow this passage points us to the gospel...
May 26, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 4: Jesus Teaches About Living Water
It has been said that everyone is wired to worship—the issue is that we often worship the wrong things. We see this desire in the woman’s question to Jesus. The Samaritans worshiped in Samaria rather than traveling to Jerusalem. This was, in part, why the Jews detested the Samaritans and saw them as compromised ethnically and spiritually. But notice...
May 25, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 21, Session 4—Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
Sometimes social norms make sense, other times they don’t. Don’t chew with your mouth open makes total sense. Which side of the plate the fork and knife belong on, not so much. Holding a door open for someone makes sense. Everyone facing the same way on an elevator, not so much. You get the idea. In this week’s session,...
May 19, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 3: Jesus Teaches About New Birth
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because...
May 18, 2020
Nicodemus and the New Birth [The Hero of the Story]
What does it mean to be born again? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: Who Nicodemus is and why it’s important to follow his story through John’s gospelThe both-and heart of John 3:16 (and why we prefer the CSB’s rendering of it)The relationship between water and spiritHow this passage...
May 18, 2020
"Jesus the Messiah": Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 21, Session 3—Jesus and Nicodemus
The encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus in John 3 can be challenging, at least the middle part of it. Nicodemus was a Pharisee, one of the few who seemed to be open-minded about who Jesus was. So early in Jesus’ ministry, Nicodemus went to Jesus at night, likely because he did not want to be seen with the teacher...