Category Archives: Lesson Notes

The Farewell Discourse, continued…

JOHN | Lesson 15 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John, chapters 15-16 I / INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 1 / I am calling this lesson ‘The Farewell Discourse, continued’ because chapters 15-16 are a continuation of Jesus’ final, … Continue reading

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Let not your hearts be troubled | Jesus’ Panacea Promises for Troubled Hearts

JOHN | Lesson 14 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John 14.1-31 I / INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 1 / Upper Room Discourse. We usually call chapters 14-16 ‘The Upper Room Discourse’ because Jesus is the One speaking, and … Continue reading

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Love one another…as I have loved you

JOHN | Lesson 13 | Lesson Notes / Talking points Read John 13.1 – 14.7 I / INTRODUCTION: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS 1 / Yes, I know, there’s a lot of ground to cover here. But since it’s all connected and … Continue reading

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When I Am Lifted Up From the Earth

JOHN | Lesson 12 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John 12.12-33 I / INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT & MAKING THE CONNECTIONS II / vv 12-19 / ‘BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING!’ III / vv 20-26 / ‘…BUT IF IT DIES, … Continue reading

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Mary’s Service of Love

JOHN | Lesson 11 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John 12.1-8 I / INTRODUCTION: SOME SIGNIFICANCES OF THIS CHAPTER 1 / Chapter 12 brings us to a significant point in our survey/study of this Gospel. Some Bible teachers … Continue reading

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I AM…the Resurrection and the Life

JOHN | Lesson 10 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John, chapter 11 NOTE: to you who have been following these lessons in sequence, I am keeping the lessons I taught our Sunday School class in numerical order. However, … Continue reading

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Though I was blind…now I see!

JOHN | Lesson 9 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John, chapter 9 I / INTRODUCTION: SOME SIGNIFICANCES OF THIS SIGN [MIRACLE] 1 / This is now the sixth of the seven signs [miracles] that John highlights in his … Continue reading

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Living Water

JOHN | Lesson 7 | Lesson Notes / Talking Points Read John, chapter 7, especially verses 37-39 I / INTRODUCTION: THE FEAST OF BOOTHS [or ‘TABERNACLES’] 1 / I am calling this lesson “Living Water” because we want to major … Continue reading

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“Come and See – and Believe!”

JOHN | Lesson 2 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read John 1.19-51 INTRODUCTION / MAKING THE CONNECTION 1 / The riddle has often been posed: “What is shallow enough for a child to wade in yet deep enough for an elephant … Continue reading

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The Testimony of a Repeat Offender

MICAH | Lesson 3 | Lesson Notes/Talking Points Read Micah 7.18-20 I / INTRODUCTION: RECIDIVISM 1 / RECIDIVISM: the tendency of a convicted criminal to re-offend / or more fully, it refers to a person’s relapse into criminal behavior, often after … Continue reading

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