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When Jesus prays the High Priestly prayer on the night He was betrayed, He prays "this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." Sometimes the question can come up of whether or not Jesus is saying that He is not God because He separates Himself from God in this prayer.  And whether or not Jesus is God will depend on what that eternal life actually is.  So, did God, and Jesus, actually say?

John the Baptist has a lasting legacy because he presented the preeminence of the light, he prepared the pathway to the Lord, and he proclaimed the person of the Lamb. Will you leave a lasting legacy? Text: John 1:19-34. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠www.ccc-online.org⁠⁠⁠ for more messages and resources, including music and our summer VBS!

Text: John 4:43-54

How can Jesus' suffering and death glorify God? What does this tell us about God? What does this prayer mean for us? This message was delivered on May 17, 2026 at Amity UCC in Meyersdale, PA. Text: John 17:1-11

Text: John 6:22-35This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: May 17, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Why do we feel directionless or disconnected from what matters most? Jesus teaches, it's not because God is silent—but because we're tuned to competing voices that lead us away from life. This teaching is about learning to discern those voices, quiet the noise, and rediscover the path that leads to something real, whole, and life-giving.  Text John 10  

Pastor Lance continues our study of the legacy of John the Baptist, who presented the preeminence of the light: Christ! He also illuminates 5 principles for us to follow as we evaluate our own legacy. Text: John 1:6-8, 15. Visit us at ⁠www.ccc-online.org⁠ for more messages and resources, including music and our summer VBS!

Hope often seems elusive. In those moments, wisdom teaches us that hope remains alive if we find our proximate purpose.Text: John 21 - Jesus giving Peter 'the next right thing'Speaker: Chris

Text: John 16:23-32

Text: John 4:31-42

Text: John 6:16-21This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: May 10, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

You leave behind that which you live! Pastor Lance shows the legacy of John the Baptist from Scripture, and challenges us to consider how we're living and the legacy we will leave when we're gone. Text: John 1:6-8, 15. Visit us at www.ccc-online.org for more messages and resources, including music and our summer VBS.

Text: John 16:5-15

Text: John 4:16-42

Text: John 6:1-15This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: May 3, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Text: John 8:24 by Greg Borland, deacon in training

Pastor Lance concludes his 3-part summary of the character, calling and ministry of John the Baptist, and illustrates how we can learn from John's mission about our own. Text: John 1:6. Visit us at www.ccc-online.org for more messages and resources.

Text: John 16:16-22

Text: John 5:30-47This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: April 26, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

John was chosen and called by God- as Scripture says all believers are! Pastor Lance takes us through those Scriptures, and outlines how being chosen by God affects our hearts and lives. Text: John 1:6. Visit us at www.ccc-online.org for more messages and resources.

Text: John 4:1-15

Text: John 5:19-29This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: April 19, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Text - John 4:19-26 Title - The Woman at the Well pt. 2 by Steven M. Kestner, elder in training 

We continue to look at the character and calling of John the Baptist, a prophet like Jeremiah and others in the Old Testament, to proclaim the Word of the Lord and the coming Messiah. Text: John 1:6-8, 15, 19-34 & Jeremiah 1:4-10. Visit us at www.ccc-online.org for more messages and resources.

Text: John 3:22-36

Text: John 5:9b - 18 This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: April 12, 2026 Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Text: John 20:19-22Series: Through Their EyesSpeaker: Blake FarleySupport the show

Tony Coulombe (Warrenton Location)Series: The Unexpected KingTopic:  An unexpected King Jesus shows up to save the world from sin in an unexpected way.  He then calls unexpected people, by name, to proclaim His name to the world.Core Text: John 20:1-18      Recorded: 4/5/2026For more resources check out evergreenchristian.org or our YouTube page

Text: John 3:1-21

SERMON: "Resurrection Musts" | TEXT: John 20 | DATE: 4/5/2026 | SPEAKER: Jake Brown | www.Liberty-Christian.com

Text: John 20 : 1 - 18 James Martin

It's one thing to know Jesus is God, but it's another to know him as fully human.  His humanity is as important as his divinity.  In this message Pastor Fikre Prince shares the other side of our Lord and Savior, as we look at Jesus' words on the cross, "I Thirst" and what this theological revelation brings to our faith and salvation.Text: John 19:28–29; Hebrews 2:17–18Sermon Summary:Big Idea: Because Jesus is fully human, he is able to fully save humans.  Key Question: Why did Jesus become fully human?  1.     To serve as our High Priest. (Heb. 2:17a)2.     To make propitiation for our sins. (Heb. 2:17b)3.     To empathize with our condition. (Heb. 2:18)

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC March 22 2026. “Ignite the Light” series.  Text: John 11:1-45   It is Women's History Month. And right now, there are real reminders that the struggle for women's full dignity—in society and in the church—is not behind us. Legislation like the SAVE Act (being debated this very weekend in the Senate) threatens to create new barriers to voting, not just for women, but most certainly barriers that will disproportionately affect women, especially those whose legal names no longer match their birth certificates. At the same time, there is a growing movement in some corners of Christianity to restrict women from preaching and leadership. And I know this part isn't abstract. In the clips of my sermons regularly getting posted these days on social media, it's common to receive comments discrediting anything I say only because I'm a woman saying it. Arguments against women in church leadership are often justified by appeals to scripture—some reflecting the norms of the time, others drawn from how women show up (or don't) in the Gospel stories. You know the ones: “All the disciples were men!” // Today, our Gospel story has a lot going on in it. Yes, the big reveal is Lazarus coming out of that tomb. But there is so much more: There is a political crisis. A theological crisis. And—if we look closely—a buried story. A buried female story. Because at the heart of this story is a question about who gets to speak the truth about who Jesus is—and what happens when that truth comes from a voice some would rather not hear. John's Gospel is organized around seven astonishing “signs.” The raising of Lazarus is the seventh. And it is the one that gets Jesus killed. Right after Lazarus is raised, the religious authorities decide: “He must die.” Which makes me wonder—Jesus has healed before. Fed thousands. Turned water into wine. Why is this sign the turning point?  To understand that, we look back to the prophet Ezekiel. In chapter 37, he sees a valley of dry bones—an image of a defeated people. God speaks, breath enters them, and they rise. God says, “I will open your graves… and bring you back to your land.” This is not just about individual resurrection. It is about national restoration. Liberation. The defeat of oppression. Now imagine living under brutal Roman occupation. And then hearing about a man who has just… opened a grave. Do you see the connection? This would not just look like a miracle. It would look like Ezekiel's vision coming true. A sign that God is about to overturn the order of things. And hope—especially hope among the oppressed—is always dangerous. So when the authorities say, “If we let him go on like this… the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation,” they are not being irrational. They're being realistic. They're thinking of how to keep the crowds from “poking the bear” of the empire. Because if the crowds start mobilizing around Jesus as the one who will raise Israel from the dead—Rome will respond with violence. Better, they think, for one man to die than for the whole nation to be destroyed. (John 11:50) This is the political crisis. But there is another layer to this story. Another kind of burial.  New Testament scholar Elizabeth Schrader Polczer has spent years studying the earliest manuscripts of John's Gospel—especially this chapter. And what she noticed is that in many of the texts, there are signs of disturbance. In more than one of our oldest copies, there are edits—visible ones. Names changed. Words scratched out. Singular turned into plural. In particular, the name Mary appears to have been altered to Martha. And in some places, what was once a single woman becomes “the sisters.”  Schrader Polczer's careful reconstruction of the text from the most ancient copies suggests that Lazarus had one sister—Mary. One sister, not two. Now, that might sound like a technical detail. A scholarly footnote. But stay with me—because this matters. Schrader Polczer's claim is this: that the Mary in John 11 may actually be Mary Magdalene—and that her role was later divided by introducing Martha into the story. Not invented out of thin air, but imported—brought in, she suggests, from the Gospel of Luke, where a different Mary and her sister Martha (no mention of Lazarus) appear in a completely different story in a completely different place—Galilee in the north, not Bethany near Jerusalem in the south. In Luke 10, this Mary sits at Jesus' feet as a disciple while Martha is busy serving. It's a well-known scene. Early scribes would have known it well. And so, over time, it seems possible that this familiar pair—Mary and Martha—was inserted into John 11. And here's what that does: It takes one central woman, Mary Magdalene, sister of Lazarus, and turns her into two. It diffuses her presence. It redistributes her voice. Because if you read John 11 without Martha—if you imagine the earlier version of the text—Mary becomes the central figure. And not just any Mary. Mary Magdalene—Mary “the Tower”—a name that already suggests strength, presence, witness. And suddenly, connections begin to emerge.  Mary is the one at Lazarus's tomb in chapter 11. And in chapter 20, Mary Magdalene is the one at the tomb again. Mary weeps at the tombs of Lazarus and in the garden. Mary encounters the power of life over death. In both places. Mary anoints Jesus for his burial. (John 12) Mary stands at the cross. (John 19) Mary is the first witness to the resurrection. (John 20) Mary is the first sent to proclaim the good news. And if Mary not Martha is also the one who makes the great confession—then the implications are profound. Because in John 11:27, the one who says, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God,” is making one of the central declarations of the entire Gospel.  And if that confession originally belonged to Mary Magdalene then the first to confess who Jesus is and the first to witness his resurrection are the same person. A woman. A central apostolic voice. And here's where things get tense. Because that kind of authority—in the voice and witness of a woman—has not always been easy for the church to hold. // Polczer's argument is not uncontested. This is real scholarship—debated, tested, ongoing. And it's not about claiming certainty of intent. But it does suggest that the text may have been shaped in ways that had the effect of softening Mary Magdalene's prominence, shaping a story in a world not yet ready to center a woman's authority. Polczer calls it a “wound in the text.” Not something that destroys the Gospel, but something that reveals its vulnerability. And I want to be really clear here: This is not about discrediting scripture. It's about taking it seriously enough to study it closely, to notice what is happening, to ask why it matters. Because what's at stake is not just who was in the room in John 11. What is at stake is the theological issue of who gets to speak, who gets to lead, who gets to bear witness to the truth of who Jesus is. And when you place that alongside the fear we see in the authorities—the fear that Jesus is stirring up too much hope, too much possibility, too much disruption—you begin to see a pattern. Because just as the raising of Lazarus threatens political systems, the elevation of Mary threatens religious ones. But here is the good news. The Gospel of John tells us: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” Not will not. Did not. Which means that even if something was buried in the past, even if something was obscured, the light is still there, still shining, still waiting to be seen. So what does all of this mean for us right now in this Women's History Month. In a time when laws are being debated that could make it harder for women to fully participate in our democracy. In a time when some are still arguing that a woman's voice in the pulpit is somehow less faithful, less authoritative, less true. It means that we have seen this before. When voices that carry truth and possibility begin to disrupt the status quo, those voices are sometimes resisted outright. And sometimes, more subtly, they're… adjusted. Edited. Qualified. Split in two. Not erased completely—but reshaped into something easier to manage. This is not just about Mary. This is about all the ways God's truth has been buried. And the question is not simply, “Did this happen in the text?” The question is: Where is it happening now? Because the call of the Gospel is not just to notice the light, the call is to join it. The same Jesus who stood at Lazarus' tomb and called life out of death is still standing at the places where truth has been buried—and saying: “Come out.” “Unbind them.” “Let them go.” So this Women's History Month, hear this clearly: The work is not finished. But neither is the story. Because the light that shone in Mary Magdalene—a light that could be obscured but not extinguished—is still shining. And the darkness has not overcome it. So when you see something buried—a voice dismissed, a calling denied, a truth diminished—do not look away. Call it forth. Unbind it. Let it go. Because in the end, what God brings to life—a body, a truth, a voice—will not stay in the grave. Amen.   References https://nwlc.org/press-release/house-passes-save-act-2-0-to-suppress-millions-of-eligible-voters/ https://www.christiancentury.org/interviews/signs-mary-magdalene-john-11#:~:text=Polczer%20has%20also%20studied%20John%2011%2C%20where,Martha%20was%20not%20a%20sister%20of%20Lazarus. https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/mary-in-john-11

Sermon by Special Guest Cindy Stroman; March 29, 2026; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Remain in Me'; Text: John 12: 12-16 You are invited to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church, please go to https://www.fmcsweetwater.com.(Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Says Yes, under Creative Commons license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode)

Text: John 2:23-3:8

Text: John 5:1-9This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: March 29, 2026Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Join us as we wrap up our short time in John's Gospel with this final Lenten sermon.  Text: John 11:1-45

Text: John 20:19-23Series: Through Their EyesSpeaker: Blake FarleySupport the show

Tony Coulombe (Warrenton Location)Series: Forever ChangedTopic:  We are forever changed when we are restored from failure to follow Jesus.Core Text: John 21:1-19      Recorded: 3/22/2026For more resources check out evergreenchristian.org or our YouTube page 

Text: John 2:12-22

All four gospels tell us the story of Jesus feeding the multitude. John's version gives us a a special glimpse in order to show us something very important. This message was delivered March 22, 2026 at First Christian Church in Somerset PA. Text: John 6:1-15

Text: John 4:46-54 This sermon is part of our current series: John: Life in His NameWe are continuing our series on the book of John.Recorded live at Bethany Bible Church on: March 22, 2026 Bethany Radio is a production of Bethany Bible Church in LeRoy, MN.More content and info is available on our website: bethanybibleleroy.com 2026 — Bethany Radio

Text: John 9

Pastor Lance concludes our introduction to the book of John, highlighting the victory and invincibility of our Lord Jesus Christ! Text: John 1:1-5. Visit us at www.ccc-online.org for more messages and resources.

Text: John 2:1-11

We continue our look into the John readings this Lent by considering the familiar story of the Samaritan Woman at the Well.  Text: John 4:3-42

Text: John 1:35-51

This week Pastor Pace not only teaches us about believing the truth but that it must turn in to love of the truth. Text: John 8:31-32 "31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."Please hit follow and don't forget to give us a 5-star rating and leave a review. For more information or to receive your own personal Bible study with Pastor Pace, call us at 214-391-0017 or visit our website at gtacdallas.com If you would like to hear current broadcasts tune into 1040AM KGGR in Dallas, TX every Wednesday at 3:15pm CST.

John presents Christ as divine Creator; do you recognize Him as your Maker? Pastor Lance lays out how a true Christian responds to and remembers their Creator. Text: John 1:1-5. For more messages and resources, visit us at www.ccc-online.org.