Messiah's Upper Room Podcast

Gina Lerhmann steps up to fill in this week for Pastor Otte in guiding Messiah’s Upper Room through the next session over the Gospel of John. The class discusses the hardening of hearts with respect to the many signs Jesus performed in their presence.

Join Pastor Otte and the rest of Messiah’s Upper Room Bible Study class as we continue our study through the Gospel of John.

Pastor Otte and Messiah’s Upper room discuss the lenses in which people view the acts of Jesus after he raised Lazarus from the dead.

Join Pastor Otte and Messiah’s Upper Room Bible Study class as we discuss the range of emotions we may feel during a time of loss and hardship as we recount the story of Lazarus in the gospel of John.

Pastor Otte and Messiah’s Upper Room discuss the grief and anger felt from the recent protests across the nation and how we as Christians can help with that grief by listening. The discussion then turns back to the gospel of John and to the grief felt by Martha and Mary at the loss of Lazarus, who has been dead for four days.

We continue our adventure through the book of John as we discuss the definition and interpretation of love and how Jesus’s view of love surpasses our own understanding.

Messiah’s Upper Room returns this week to finish chapter 10 of the Gospel of John with a discussion on how the shepherd never stops loving His sheep, how the hearts of the Jews were hardened when Jesus proclaims that He and the Father are one, and what our purpose as Christians is in this life on earth.

Messiah’s Upper Room Bible Class is back! Join us this week as we continue through the book of John, discussing the wandering nature of sheep and how God’s love is always in relentless pursuit of us.

We continue in the book of John this week with Jesus’s teaching about thieves and robbers, how He is the door pasture, and how He is the good shepherd.

We jump back into the book of John this week and talk about the figure of speech Jesus uses with the Pharisees about how the sheep knows the shepherd’s voice and flee from the robber. How do you tell the real shepherd from the stranger, thief, or robber? What voice are you training yourself to hear? We discuss these questions and more in this week’s episode.

Pastor Otte and Phil Kasper come together to continue their talk over “Heaven and Hell issues” with a discussion on foundational items about the Christian belief, what topics Pastor Otte considers negotiable and non-negotiable, and the account of creation as told in the book of Genesis.

We take a break from the Gospel of John this week due to the Easter holiday. Instead, join Pastor Otte and Phil Kasper as they discuss “Heaven and Hell” issues, the different beliefs of Christian denominations, and what the core belief we share despite our differences is.

We continue our study in the book of John with a discussion on how the Pharisees blinded themselves through their attempt to strictly follow God’s Law so much so that they neglected to see the fulfillment of God’s Law in Jesus Christ.

We complete our two-week break from the book of John as Pastor Otte finishes our lesson over why we should not worry and trust in Jesus to provide blessings in our lives. Pastor Otte also goes over some practices and habits to develop that can help ease our tensions and anxieties in life.

Pastor Otte and the remainder of Messiah’s Upper Room Bible Class take a break from the Gospel of John this week to visit the book of Matthew as Pastor Otte leads a discussion on why we should not worry.

Pastor Otte builds upon last week’s session about Jesus’s confrontation with the Pharisees and performing work in the sabbath. This leads to a deeper discussion on the connection between God’s first three commandments versus the remaining commandments and our relationships with one another.

Jon Switzer is our guest speaker this week as Messiah’s Upper Room continues through our study of the Gospel of John. Jesus’s disciples ask what a blind man’s sin was to make him blind, Jesus answers that it’s not the man’s sin that made him blind, but the works of God may be displayed through him. Join the class as we discuss how we may react to bad situations and pray that we work through them for the glory of God.

Jesus continues teaching the law and gospel to the Pharisees as we continue our journey through the book of John. Pastor Otte and the Upper Room Bible class discuss why Jesus tells the Pharisees the harsh reality that their father is the devil and not Abraham.

Pastor Otte and Messiah’s Upper Room Bible Class continue through the book of John. Jesus talks to the Pharisees about His Father, but the Pharisees do not understand what Jesus is telling them. The conversation then leads to a discussion about slavery and being a slave to sin.

We continue through our study in the Gospel of John this week first with a discussion of the Pharisees and the division among the crowds Jesus is making with His teachings. Pastor Otte then leads the class into chapter eight of John with the Pharisees bringing an adulteress to Jesus, testing Him to see what He would say would fit as punishment for her sin. His answer leaves the crowd speechless.