John
21 articles that work with John, in order through the book. Each one lists the passages it cites.
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June 5, 2025 · Under the Hood
God Didn't Send a Pamphlet
What is the Incarnation? It's the Christian claim that God became a human being in Jesus. Here's what that means in plain words, and why it's about love.
Passages: 1:1–31:1–181:143:16–173:16
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April 29, 2025 · Under the Hood
The Engineer Got on the Shop Floor
Who is Jesus? Christians say he is fully God and fully human. A plain-English look at what that means and why it matters for the repair we all need.
Passages: 1:1–31:1411:35
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January 3, 2026 · Turn the Key
The Affinity Principle: Stop Inviting People to Church Events
Affinity ministry gathers people around something they already love, cars, food, art, sports, and lets real friendships carry the Gospel.
Passages: 1:14
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February 26, 2025 · Turn the Key
The Three Spans of the Relational Bridge
Relational evangelism isn't a technique. The gospel crosses a bridge with three spans: presence, genuine care, and honest faith. Skip one and it doesn't hold.
Passages: 1:14
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September 17, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
The Best Return on Investment Is a Person
Everything we build depreciates. People compound. Why investing in one person is the fullest mark of maturity, and why feeling unqualified is no reason to wait.
Passages: 4:294:394:42
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April 4, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
You Don't Need a Title to Disciple Someone
How to disciple someone without being a pastor: the bar is intention, not size. Coffee, an open Bible, prayer by name, and honest questions.
Passages: 4:29
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October 12, 2026
Just Tell Me What to Do (So I Can Stop Seeking)
Why being handed a program for faithfulness makes something in me push back, what Saruman shows about that, and why the constraint is the soil, not the substitute.
Passages: 5:19
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August 18, 2026
When It Looks Like Jesus Is Losing
John 6 starts with 5,000 people following Jesus and ends with twelve, one of them a traitor. Why that's a comfort, not a failure, when your life feels out of control.
Passages: Chapter 66:446:666:68–696:7010:18
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July 18, 2026
Little Faith Is Not No Faith
In John 6, Jesus walks to His frightened disciples on a stormy sea. Being a disciple doesn't mean you never fear. It means you learn where to take it.
Passages: 6:56:20–21
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October 10, 2026
Chase or Wait? Discerning Between Biblical Opposites
When do you chase the lost sheep, and when do you wait for the prodigal? How to discern between wise biblical opposites without flattening them into a rule.
Passages: 7:24
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July 11, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Why Join a Small Group? Because Circles Beat Rows
Why join a small group when you already go to church on Sunday? Because rows can form an audience, but only circles form a family.
Passages: 7:38
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October 11, 2025
Filled with the Spirit: Indwelling, Fruit, Gifts, and Power for Ministry
How the Spirit worked in the Old Testament and the New, why every believer has him from salvation, and why we still ask for fresh filling for ministry.
Passages: 7:3914:1614:17
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July 12, 2026
Kicking the Devil in the Teeth
1 Peter 5:8-11 says the devil prowls like a lion, especially when you're hurting. Here's how he attacks, and how ordinary believers resist him.
Passages: 8:44
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October 8, 2025
Speak, Lord, Your Servant Is Listening
How to listen for God, with help from the desert fathers, the Puritans, and John Mark Comer, plus a simple 15-minute practice you can start tomorrow.
Passages: 10:27
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March 25, 2025 · Full Service
What Foot-Washing Teaches Volunteers
What does Jesus washing feet mean for people who serve? John 13 shows a Savior who served from total security, and why that frees you to take the lowest place.
Passages: Chapter 1313:3–413:813:14–15
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May 8, 2025 · Full Service
Be the Basin Person
Humility in service, the Philippians 2 kind, is more than a towel. It fills the basin before anyone asks and stays cheerful when the job goes sideways.
Passages: 13:5
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April 10, 2026 · Under the Hood
Where the Road Leads: "I Am Making All Things New"
What happens after we die? Christianity's answer isn't clouds and harps. It's a world made new, and an open invitation to get there.
Passages: 14:6
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September 15, 2026
Faithful Isn't a Personality Type
Some men aren't wired for 5 a.m. alarms and color-coded plans. Are they just less faithful? What Scripture says about temperament, sloth, and steady faithfulness.
Passages: 15:5
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March 6, 2026 · Under the Hood
You Don't Have to Be a Mechanic to Pass It On
How to serve others as a Christian when you don't think you have much to offer. Grace received turns into grace given, wrench or no wrench.
Passages: 15:12–13
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June 20, 2026
Basic Alien Training: Four Habits That Keep You Faithful
1 Peter 4:7-11 gives four habits for Christians living as exiles: clear-headed prayer, earnest love, open homes, and gifts put to work.
Passages: 21:18
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October 12, 2026
The Prison of Bitterness: When I Resent the Faithful
Why the sight of someone else thriving in God can curdle into resentment, how that resentment keeps us sidelined, and the grace that unlocks the cell.
Passages: 21:21–22