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If asked, “Where is your pastor from?” How would you answer? Who knows what town I live in? What town did I live in when my boys were growing up? What town did I live in when I was in the 9th grade? What town did I live in when I was in the 6th grade? What town did I live in when I was in 3rd grade?…

“Dad says...” “The boss says...” “The preacher says...” Jesus puts our focus on “what God says...” About sixth months have passed since Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 begins “after this” - over the next 2 chapters we see a lot more opposition to Jesus, especially of the Jewish religious leaders. These 2 chapters…

New Interpreter's Bible Commentary (NIBC): John 6 begins a new section in John - chapters 6-10 Very similar themes to chapters 2-5 but in a new context and greater opposition. Chapter 2 begins with a miracle in Galilee. So does chapter 6. Chapter 2’s miracle was about wine. Today’s text is about bread.…

Last week in the gospel of John, in the first 18 verses of chapter 5, we read and shared about Jesus healing a lame man on the Sabbath. The man was in trouble with the Jewish leaders because he was carrying his mat, or “working”, on the Sabbath. Jesus was in even more trouble for healing, or “working,”…

There was a health-food restaurant with a billboard that read, “Eat here and live a long life!” Not wanting to be outdone, the barbecue place next-door put up a sign saying - “Eat here and die happy!” A favorite food you just can’t imagine being without? For me, most of my life, fried potatoes. I like…