Sonoma Avenue Sermons Sonoma Avenue Church of Christ: Santa Rosa, CA

Jesus performs a lot of miracles throughout the gospels, but few are as amazing as the healing of the blind man in John chapter nine. It is dramatic in nature, and puts the man in the center of an argument between Jesus and the religious leaders. Join us as we explore what it meant for Jesus to heal a man born blind, and how it sets the table for a major confrontation.

Jesus was a divisive figure as he walked this earth teaching, healing and challenging the people of God. While we may look back and think that everyone should have understood and believed in Jesus, the most common reaction to his interaction in John is confusion. Through his words, Jesus would not let those around him walk a middle ground. There was no middle ground. He was either the Messiah, or a threat to God. Join us as we dig into what made these interactions so challenging.

While the teachings of Jesus in the gospels are powerful, we learn just as much by studying the interactions he had with those he encountered. We read about Jesus telling others about the love of God, but we see the truth of God's love in how Jesus extended it to the rejected, unloved, used and judged. Join us as we study one of the most dramatic displays of love in the gospels; a true demonstration of how God loves better than his creation.

Jesus' interactions with people in the Gospel of John follow a pattern. What most often happens is that Jesus does or says something that the religious leaders don't like and it leads to a confrontation. What is the confrontation usually about? It involves the religious leaders arguing with the Son of God on God's behalf. That's right. They are protecting their God from Jesus. Join us as we investigate why this happens so frequently.

Join us as we celebrate mothers, and the Family that God has given us in the church. By looking at the story of Ruth and Naomi, we see how sometimes our most meaningful family relationships that we have don't come from the family we were born into.

While Jesus was an excellent communicator, the message he preached was not an easy one to understand. Trying to explain the things of God to people who have a limited point of view is challenging. When Jesus talked about eating his flesh and drinking his blood, things went from challenging to downright weird. Join us as we explore what it means for Jesus to be the "bread of life".