Soma Waxahachie

This week we consider finish out John 8. Jesus finally reveals himself to the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. Jesus is not simply a man and he is not merely a prophet, priest, and king. Jesus is God Almighty. 

This week we consider the nature of belief in John's Gospel as we make our way through John 8. There is a lot riding on our understanding of what John means when he says that certain people believe in Jesus because we see some who believe unto life and others who believe unto their own destruction.

This week we take a step back to examine a controversial passage of the Gospel in John 7:53-8:11. Many scholars today doubt the authenticity of the passage, whether it was originally part of the Gospel story or a later addition based on a tradition in Jesus' story. We examine the story and find some remarkable insights in this passage that connects this episode in the John back to the Old Testament and paints a beautiful portrait of God's mercy towards sinners.

This week in John 8 we find Jesus teaching at the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles and calling himself the Light of the World. Dan helps us understand the historical and Hebraic significance of what that claim meant to the people Jesus was speaking to and what it means for us today.

This week in John 7 we find Jesus leaving Galilee for Jerusalem for the last time and entering the city during the Feast of Tabernacles. This is not insignificant. In this chapter, we have Jesus declaring that he is the Living Water that could fully satisfy their longings for salvation, their hope for a future in God’s kingdom, and to fulfill the expectations that the Feast of Tabernacles had created in their hearts.   We apologize for the audio this week.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This week Dan Hutchins wraps up John chapter 6 with a look at verses 47-71. What we discover is the shocking claim that no one comes to Jesus unless the Father has given them to him. No one works or believes on his own without the Father who gives life.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This week we use John 6:35-51 to take a peek back at the underlying context of John 6 and Jesus' “Bread of Life” speech, the Exodus story found in Exodus 14-17. If we are to properly understand what is happening in John 6 we must understand the backstory that Jesus is hi-lighting for us.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

In this teaching on John 6:22-36, we find Jesus in synagogue worshipping with his disciples the day after he walked across the lake. But they are not alone. The crowd that tried to take him as king the day before have chased after him and found him in Capernaum. And now they are looking to be fed by Jesus again but he will not have any of it. Find out why he will not feed them and how we are often just like these men.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

In this teaching on John 6:15-21, Pastor Josh teaches us why Jesus walked upon the water. Jesus was not simply trying to get people to believe what he said about himself by doing extraordinary displays of power, he was doing what he did to show his people who he actually was. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.  

This week we experienced John 6 in a way that we typically don't experience the story of the Feeding of the 5000. Rather than experiencing it through the eyes of Jesus’ disciples, we experience it instead through the eyes of the 5000 men who followed Jesus into the wilderness. And what they wanted from Jesus might surprise you.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

In this Sunday’s teaching, we discovered that the saying is true, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The Pharisees get a bad rap but they were not always the bad guys. They started off well but ended up in a really bad place. And though our situations look different today and many centuries have passed, there is significant potential that yet exists for us to make the same mistakes that the Pharisees made. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This morning we jumped back into our study of the Gospel of John. And we looked at Jesus and how he watched his Father work so that he would understand where and when he should be working. We also talked about the injustice of fatherlessness and the effect that it has on society, and what our responsibility and role are as a church, to watch and join the Father as he works in Waxahachie. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.  

This week, Brandon Bergvall leads us through Luke 9:18-27.

In the week since George Floyd’s tragic death our nation has been thrown into chaos. And there seems to be no end to the violence in sight. This week we ask ourselves what our responsibility is as Jesus’ family in our current cultural moment. How do we respond to what we are seeing and experiencing? What must we start doing and what must we no longer do? And how can we bring the light of our good works into this dark situation? The answer to those questions and more is to put our hands to Jesus’ plow and to never look back, no matter what it costs us; and to summon all people —regardless of the color of their skin— to repentance and submission to King Jesus and his offer of grace. This is a stand-alone teaching.

As we moved our worship back into our building, we remembered the moment when God moved inside of us by looking at Acts 1 and 2, and 2 Kings 2. This is a stand-alone teaching from our Pentecost service.  

This is our eighteenth sermon in our series on the Gospel of John. In this teaching Pastor Josh, looks at John 5:1-15 and tells John’s story of Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This is our seventeenth sermon in our series on the Gospel of John. In this teaching, we look at John 4:43-54 and the story of the healing of the official's son. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation. Sermon Video —

This is our sixteenth sermon in our series on the Gospel of John. In this teaching, Rich Hart looks at John 4:27-42 and continues the story of the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, this time from Jesus’ perspective, as he leads his disciples to reorient their hearts around his love for those who are lost. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This is our fifteenth sermon in our series on the Gospel of John. In this teaching, we look at John 4:1-26 and the story of the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.

This is our fourteenth sermon in our series on the Gospel of John. In this teaching, we look at John 3:22-30 and the corrosive sin of jealously.   The Gospel of John is the second stop on our 52-week journey through the story of Scripture focusing on the theme of New Creation.