Sermons From Clayton Wesley

The story of the feeding of the five thousand continues with Jesus spelling out a radically new and different world.

Why is the story of Jesus walking on the sea in a chapter of John that is all about Jesus as the bread of life?

What does calling Jesus the good shepherd actually mean for us?

The death of John the Baptist. What can we make of it? Why is it in the gospel?

A prophet/truth-teller gets no respect in her own home. What are we missing?

two stories of women. one inside community and one out and how Jesus meets them

Another way to read Jesus calming the storm in Mark's gospel

Why did Jesus say the mustard seed is the smallest in the world when it isn't?

Why was Nicodemus so literal? What was he missing? 

Pentecost is about truth telling in John and in Acts 

Trying to make some sense of Jesus final prayer in John 17

In this section of his farewell discourse in John’s Gospel, Jesus is concerned with abiding.

Jesus is the true vine. It’s all about love and justice in John’s Gospel

What did Jesus's audience hear when they heard him say, 'I am the good shepherd'?

Why do the Gospel seems to insist on a bodily resurrection?

talking again about the resurrection on Easter Day 

What was Jesus about when he rode into Jerusalem on a colt?

what does it mean to love life and lose it and to hate life and keep it?

Looking for deeper meaning in John 3:16

John's retelling of Jesus clearing the temple represents a total shift in understanding the centre of the universe and the experience of God. in the sermon I refer to the painting, Christ Overturning the Money Changers’ Table, 1921, by Stanley Spencer. you can find it online.