In the book of John, Jesus refers to Peter directly by name twice, in the very first and last chapters. On both occasions, he doesn’t actually call him Peter. He calls him Simon, the son of Jonah.

Why didn’t Mary recognize Jesus? She looked at him, but she didn’t SEE him. In other words, she didn’t recognize Jesus as her Teacher, who had just died on the cross, until he called her by name.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God. He was in the beginning with God.

I’m sure Judas must have thought he was catching Jesus by surprise when he pulled up on him with soldiers, police, and Pharisees in the garden.

In chapter 17, we see one of the most raw and vulnerable expressions of the love of Jesus Christ in all of scripture.

Sometimes, on the journey to intimacy with God, we can feel so far away from him that it can seem like he’s abandoned us.

One of the most challenging things to remember on the journey to deeper intimacy with God is that it is ongoing.

In scripture, our obedience and God’s love always go hand in hand.

In the first few verses of this chapter, we see that what Jesus did was directly tied not only to who he was, but who he saw himself to be.

In John 12:35-36, Jesus traces the theme of light vs. darkness that we’ve seen throughout John. Light represents the Kingdom of God that Jesus came to usher in, and darkness represents the kingdom of Satan (The World).

If Lazarus was dead, why did Jesus say he'd fallen asleep? We find the answer earlier in the chapter when Mary and Martha send a message to Jesus that their brother, whom Jesus LOVED, was ill

Before I can discern the voice of God, I must get to know the person of God.

I wonder what it must have been like for a man who had been in darkness for his entire life to open his eyes and see the light in the world and the light of the world all at once.

In the first verses of this chapter, we see Jesus ask a man who had been sick for 38 years if he would like to “be made well.”

At the festival of Booths (Tabernacles), Jesus proclaims, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink”

Jesus turned 5 loaves and 2 fish into enough food to feed 5,000, but look at how the crowd engaged with Jesus in the aftermath of that encounter.

In the first verses of this chapter, we see Jesus ask a man who had been sick for 38 years if he would like to “be made well.”

The woman at the well represents a beautiful image of the journey of intimacy.

In verse 14 of this Chapter, Jesus refers to Moses lifting up the serpent in the wilderness, stating that “the Son of Man must be lifted up” so that whoever believes in him will have eternal life.

According to the book of John, Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine. Why was the first sign of Jesus’ glory (v.11) a seemingly non-essential miracle with alcohol of all things