Backgrounder: May 10, 2022

JOHN 13:31-33a, 34-35 LOVE AS I HAVE LOVED  When Judas had left them, Jesus said,“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.If God is glorified in him,God will also glorify him in himself,and God will glorify him at once.My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.I […]

Backgrounder: May 3, 2022

JOHN 10:27-30  27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and […]

Backgrounder: April 26, 2022

JOHN 21:1-14 THE FULL NET At that time, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to […]

Backgrounder: April 20, 2022

JOHN 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The […]