John 3:27-36 out in the Judean wilderness, in a book that is doing careful technical work with light and darkness behind the scenes.
John 3:22-30. John the Baptist's disciples are unsettled that the crowds have moved to Jesus, and John answers that he must become greater and I must become less.
Joseph was faithful to the law, and yet would not expose Mary to disgrace. Pastor Adam makes those three words the hinge — faithfulness to the law required her death…
John says four words — look, the Lamb of God — and two of his own disciples walk away after Jesus. He does nothing to stop it. Pastor Adam builds…
Fifty thousand drachmas of scrolls burned in public — well over a century of wages — and the next sentence says the word of the Lord grew in power. Pastor…
Paul finds twelve disciples in Ephesus who have not heard there is a Holy Spirit. Pastor Adam opens the third missionary journey on being stuck, dismantles the idea that tongues…