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In John 14:15–21, Jesus, in his Farewell Discourse, offers solace and encouragement to his disciples, intertwining the themes of love, obedience, and the promise of the Paraclete. This passage underscores that genuine love for Jesus (...)

The night when Jesus is arrested, according to John’s Gospel, Jesus speaks for a long time (John 14–16). He talks about how he is about to leave his followers, and how he is also going (...)

I want us to start with an assumption: The disciples have reasonable requests because to be in a relationship is to have the space to have questions. Many times, in our reading of the disciples, (...)

The final night’s conversation between Jesus and his disciples continues. Jesus has made clear that he is about to leave them. They are struggling with that news emotionally and conceptually. Jesus has just said that (...)

This week’s pericope begins and ends with love. What is interesting about how Jesus begins is the connection to the apocryphal work the Wisdom of Solomon. Many Protestant Christians do not read Wisdom, but I (...)

As I delve into John 14:1-14, I am surprised by something that I normally witness in Pauline literature. The Apostle Paul often writes to his churches and embodies an understanding of a singular heart or (...)

The Gospel text for today offers us an alternative approach to experiencing the Spirit this Pentecost Sunday, not in roaring wind and tongues of flame followed by dynamic preaching to an international audience, but in (...)

This passage is part of Jesus’ farewell discourse to his disciples on the night before his death, a discourse punctuated by the anxious questions of his disciples about his impending departure.1 First Peter (John 13:36), (...)

The Spirit plays an essential role in Christian faith and yet is something many find hard to deal with in preaching. The art in our churches pictures episodes from Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. But (...)

Oh, the honesty of Thomas and Philip. Perhaps the best choice for us as we hear and wrestle with the complexities of this passage is to imitate that honesty.  This passage from Jesus’ farewell discourse, (...)