John 7:1-10 / The Feast of the Tabernacles is approaching, a big day on the Jewish calendar where a pilgrimage is made to Jerusalem to participate in a seven day celebration. Jesus has been residing in his hometown of Galilee for a season, where is family lives. In today’s sermon, Jesus’ brothers deceitfully and doubtfully try and tempt him to go to Jerusalem and establish himself as the leader he claims to be. Jesus rejects their advancements, but why? And what can be learned from Jesus about ministering to friends and family?

John 6:41-70 / As we continue looking at the motivations of the crowd that followed Jesus to Capernaum, we study Christ’s words to them; he is the bread of life and they must take of his flesh and blood in order to have eternal life. These were hard words that conveyed a simple truth about the gospel of Jesus Christ. In this sermon we learn a lot from Jesus and the way people respond to his doctrine. From this moment, some stay with Jesus but many turn away - - which reveals to us the nature of our own faith and what we truly hunger for.