John 9 ~ Suffering and Gospel

Text: John 9
Title: Suffering and Gospel
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
While Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell many of the same stories of Jesus, John tells many different stories and in the process give a unique theological view of who Jesus is and how he now calls us to live. We begin our study of John this year by studying the 7 signs of John. The sixth sign occurs on the Sabbath Day as Jesus meets a man born blind. Suffering was common in the ancient world, death, disease, and disability were simply an expected part of life. Still today, we struggle and we suffer. As Jesus confronts the suffering of our world, what might we learn from him to better witness to the hope of the gospel in light of the suffering of today?