Gospel of John: Pilate’s Palace

God had prepared a day of reckoning that Pilate had no idea was coming. For him it was just another Friday. But he was instead going to experience the greatest crisis of his life, coerced into making a life-or-death decision of incalculable proportion and consequence.

Gospel of John: Lamb of God Judged

If God did not judge sin it would mean that God was indifferent to the existence of right and wrong, good and evil. But the Lord is not indifferent. God's wrath, grief, and intense pain over sin is the necessary and only right response.

Puah and Shiphrah

We don’t often talk about the story of Puah and Shiphrah, though their story is one of courage and mettle, standing together against forces of evil seeking to destroy a nation. (a twenty minute tale)

Gospel of John: Private Agony

As John suffered the trauma of witnessing, as Jesus endured the ordeal of his hour and the Father’s cup, as Peter wept bitterly, Judas also underwent internal agony. Matthew alone would tell his story.

Gospel of John: Pretrial

Before diving into the events of Jesus's trials, it makes sense to review the adjudicators, timeline, and setting,

Wife of Potiphar

When we find ourselves at the crossroad of temptation, the path of life and the path of death, by God’s grace, we can choose life.

Gospel of John: Denied Three Times

Repentance means radical, profound change by turning away from the old and entering into the new.

Gospel of John: Peter’s Sifting

Each one of us must decide: will it be the sword or the cup? Will I resist God's will or embrace God's will? The cup usually involves suffering, but the suffering ultimately leads to glory.

Gospel of John: Prayer in Gethsemane

Jesus was in full command of all that would happen. It was by the plan of redemption, written before the foundations of the earth, that Judas stood there now, and that Jesus would step forward.

Jairus’s Daughter

Jesus' response to faith is to release the power of his grace. (20 minute multimedia presentation)