Sermon: John 16:1-4a Pastor Mike Johnson What stands out to you in this passage and why? How do you think knowing what Jesus shared in the prior chapter is helpful in keeping the disciples (and us) from "falling away"? (Read John 15:18-27 for context) This passage speaks of a time when Jesus' followers would be rejected and hated by the worldeven in their own com...

Sermon: Revelation 5:9-14 Pastor Mike Johnson What comfort does it bring to us to know the Jesus is worthy to open the scroll? (v. 5) Why is He worthy? What gives Him the right and power to open it? How should it affect the way we live today, knowing that we have been purchased by the blood of Christ, and that we are made to be "priests to serve our God"? Verse...

Sermon: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Pastor Mike Johnson What stands out to you most in this passage, and why? Verse 32 says that the New Covenant is "not like the [Old] Covenant." What are some of the major differences? and how is that helpful for ou Christian walk? What does it mean to have the law written on our hearts? Does God's written Word still have relevance? God...

Sermon: Isaiah 53 Pastor Mike Johnson What stands out to you most in this passage, and why? Verse 3 calls Jesus a "man of sorrows, aquianted with grief." In what ways can the fact that Jesus suffered as a human (both life and death) meet us in our human suffering?) What kind of peace if verse 5 talking about? Verse 10 says it was "the will of the Lord to crush ...