The Journey Church Houston Podcast

Whoever Believes: John 3

How can a person be made right with God? Most of us think it is by trying really hard to be a good person and keep all of the rules. But is that true? That is the topic of conversation in today’s passage between Jesus and a Jewish religious leader who comes to Jesus under the darkness of night. And this conversation leads up to what is probably the most famous Bible verse in the world that gives us the answer.
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Jesus' Authority and Our Need: John 2:13–25

Throughout the Gospel According to John, Jesus makes some bold claims about his identity. In this week’s sermon, we are going to see Jesus make a claim about his authority. We are going to see a demonstration of his authority, a sign that will authenticate his authority, and we will see a deeper need that Jesus’ display of authority reveals.
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Foretaste of the Kingdom: John 2:1–12

Christ is a title rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures that refers to a coming Savior-King. In chapter 1 of the Gospel According to John, John has made clear claims that Jesus is the Christ. But how do we know? What evidence is there that Jesus is in fact the Christ? In today’s sermon, we begin a new section of John’s Gospel, the Proof of the Christ, starting with the first of seven signs John will present. What is this first sign? Why is it significant? And what are the implications for us today?
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Come and See: John 1:19–51

Why were the first people to witness Jesus’ public ministry so excited about him? And why should we be also? Those are the questions we answer in today’s sermon as we continue our sermon series “That You May Believe: The Gospel According to John.” As John continues his Presentation of the Christ, we will witness John the Baptist’s testimony about Jesus as well as Jesus’ first disciples.
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Introducing the Word of God: John 1:1–18

"In the beginning was the Word …” These opening words of The Gospel According to John form one of the greatest literary opening lines in all human history. This is how the apostle John opens his story to tell us who Jesus is. In the first 18 verses of John chapter 1, the apostle John hooks the reader’s interest, introduces the main characters, gives direction on where the plot is going, and introduces the main themes and symbols. And as we meet the main character of this story, John hopes it will leave us with a feeling of awe and wonder.
And that's our prayer for you as well as you listen to this sermon! 
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That You May Believe: An Overview of the Gospel According to John

Jesus. The most important figure in history. Almost everyone in the entire world has heard of him and has some sort of opinion about him. 
But who was he? What was his message? What did he come to do? What did those who walked with him and talked with him have to say about him? And why does that matter to us? 
Join us as we start on a journey through an eye witness account of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that we know as the Gospel according to John, beginning with an overview of John’s entire story and why he wrote it: That You May Believe.
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The Resurrected Jesus, Our Only Hope: 1 Corinthians 15:1–9, 12–26, 54–58

Hope. We all need it. We all have an innate sense that the world is not the way it is supposed to be. To what or to whom can we look for hope? The answer the Christian Story gives is Jesus. But how and why? Mace answers these questions and more in his Easter sermon on the resurrection from 1 Corinthians 15. We pray it encourages your soul.
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1 Corinthians 13:1–2 - Gifts Without Love

When Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father, he sent the Holy Spirit who empowers the church with spiritual gifts. But none of these gifts matter without love. Steven applies the apostle Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 13:1–2 on the importance and centrality of love to where we are in the life of our church plant. 
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The Journey's Liturgy

Christians have been gathering since the earliest days of the church on Sundays, the Lord’s Day, for the purpose of corporate worship. And every church’s corporate worship gathering follows some set pattern or order. The traditional word for this order is “liturgy,” which means “work of the people.” In this episode, Mace teaches through the what, how, and why of The Journey’s liturgy. 
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The Journey's Distinctives: Doctrinal Distinctives

Steven concludes our two-part series on The Journey’s Distinctives. Our Core Convictions are our beliefs about what make up the essence of Christianity, the things believed everywhere, always, and by all. Our Distinctives are beliefs about which genuine Christians may disagree but that have a significant impact on the life and teaching ministry of our local church. In part two, we cover our Doctrinal Distinctives, The Journey’s distinctives on various theological and significant social and ethical issues.  We cover topics such as the proper methodology for biblical interpretation, God’s design for the family, the sovereignty of God in salvation, the relationship between the church and the nation of Israel, and the millennial kingdom of Christ. Our goal in this series is to be clear about where we stand and create a culture of thoughtful, charitable dialogue regarding debated and potentially controversial theological issues.
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