Pastor John's Sermons
New Testament: The Gospel of John
Sermons by Pastor Rev. John C. Stennfeld
(as of June 15, 2025 Sermons)
The Gospel of John
John 1
The 'Trap’'-ings of Christmas: The Lights (Text: John 1:1-9)
12242012 - Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012
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The 'Trap'-ings of Christmas: The Tree (Text: John 1:1-9)
12252012 - Christmas Day, December 25, 2012
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"Looking for God" (Text: Luke 2:11-12, and John 1:1&14)
12252022 - Christmas Day, December 25, 2022
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"Is it Safe?" (Text: John 1:6-8, 19-28)
12132020 - Sunday, December 13, 2020
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What's in a Name?
The Lamb (Text: John 1:29; Revelation 5:6-14)
12042011 - Sunday, December 4, 2011
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"Dead Man Walking” (Text: John 1:29-42)
01192020 - Sunday, January 19, 2020
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John 2
Just Do What He Says (Text: John 2:1-11)
01202019 - Sunday, January 20, 2019
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"A Taste of Heaven" (Text: John 2:1-11)
01162022 - Sunday, January 16, 2022
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John 3
No Buts (Text: John 3:1-2, 16)
03162014 - Sunday, March 16, 2014
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Secular Songs of the Season
Sermon V: "Where Are You Christmas" (Text: John 3:16 & 1 John 4:7-11)
12242010 - Christmas Eve, December 24, 2010
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"Whoever" (Text: John 3:15-16)
03202011 - Sunday, March 20, 2011
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No Neutral Ground (Text: John 3:16-18)
03182012 - Sunday, March 18, 2012
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Death and Taxes (Text: John 3:16-17)
06032012 - Sunday, June 3, 2012
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Advent Themes
Sermon 4 - "Love" (Text: John 3: 16-17)
12182022 - Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Verses Every Christian Should Know
Sermon I: God Loved 'The World' (Text: John 3:16)
05272018 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
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“Promises, Promises, Promises: A Reassuring Look at the Promises of God”
Sermon 3 - “You Will Be Saved” (Text: Romans 10:9; John 3:16)
07022023 - Sunday, July 2, 2023
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“One Must Believe!” (Text: John 3:16)
03102024 - Sunday, March 10, 2024
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Condemning the World (Text: John 3:17)
05262024 - Sunday, May 26, 2024
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John 4
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John 5
Do You Want to Get Well? (Text: John 5:1-15)
05262019 - Sunday, May 26, 2019
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Nothing Shall Separate Us (Text: Romans 8:31-39; John 5:24-25)
11012015 - Sunday, November 1, 2015
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Do You Want to Get Well? (Text: John 5:1-15)
05222022 - Sunday, May 22, 2022
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“In-Valid” (Text: John 5:1-9)
05252025 - Sunday, May 25, 2025
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John 6
The Last Day (Text: John 6:35-54)
08122012 - Sunday, August 12, 2012
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Is Bread a Superfood? (Text: John 6:35-51; I Kings 19:1-8)
08082021 - Sunday, August 8, 2021
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Looking for Answers (Text: John 6:51-69)
08192012 - Sunday, August 19, 2012
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Jesus - A Man of Sorrows
Deserted by His Disciples (Text: John 6:53-66)
03302011 - Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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John 7
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John 8
New Year's Do-Over (Text: John 8:2-11)
01012012 - Sunday, January 1, 2012
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Freely Sin (Text: John 8:31-32)
10312010 - Sunday, October 31, 2010
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The Truth About 'The Truth' (Text: John 8:31-32)
10272013 - Sunday, October 27, 2013
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Finding Certainty in Uncertain Lives (Text: John 8:31-32)
10262014 - Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Only the Truth Frees (Text: John 8:31-32)
10302016 - Sunday, October 30, 2016
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Freed from Shame (Text: John 8:31-36)
10252015 - Sunday, October 25, 2015
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"The Truth" (Text: John 8:31-36)
10252020 - Sunday, October 25, 2020
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John 9
God's Power + My Weakness = Perfection (Text: John 9:1-3)
04032011 - Sunday, April 3, 2011
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What Do You Know (Text: John 9:1-41)
03302014 - Sunday, March 30, 2014
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Choose Wisely (Text: John 9:1-41)
03262017 - Sunday, March 26, 2017
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Debunking the World's Lies
Lie 12 - The Teleological Lie (Text: Genesis 3:1-15. Romans 8:18-28, and John 9:1-11)
08162015 - Sunday, August 16, 2015
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John 10
Life "to the Full" (Text: John 10:10)
05112014 - Sunday, May 11, 2014
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Love Isn't Logical (Text: John 10:11-18)
04262015 - Sunday, April 26, 2015
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Cannot be Destroyed (Text: John 10:27-29)
05082022 - Sunday, May 8, 2022
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John 11
Timing is Everything (Text: Romans 5:6-8; John 11:1-6, 17-44)
02252018 - Sunday, February 25, 2018
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The Last Straw (Text: John 11:1-53)
04062014 - Sunday, April 26, 2014
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Jesus' Message of Hope (Text: John 11:17-27)
04102011 - Sunday, April 10, 2011
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Debunking the World's Lies
Lie 8 - The Hedonistic Lie (Text: Philiippians 3:12-21, Ecclesiastes 9:3-11, John 11:17-27)
07192015 - Sunday, July 19, 2015
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“Jesus' Funeral Sermon" (Text: John 11:17-27)
03262023 - Sunday, March 26, 2023
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Essential Memory Verses Every Christian Should Know
Sermon VIII: Life in the Face of Death (Text: John 11:25-26)
07222018 - Sunday, July 22, 2018
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote II: "It is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." (Text: John 11:50 & 18:14)
02172016 - Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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A Time for Renewal
Renewal in True Religion (Text: John 11:45-53; Matthew 26:57-68)
03222017 - Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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John 12
The Customs and Symbols of Holy Week
Sermon VII: Palm Branches (Text: John 12:12-13)
03292015 - Palm Sunday, March 29, 2015
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Hosanna = Lord, Save Us (Text: John 12:12-19)
04092017 - Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017
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Hail, King of the Jews (Text: John 12:12-19)
04142019 - Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019
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“Forcing One's Hand" (Text: John 12:12-19)
04052020 - Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020
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Save Us Now (Text: John 12:12-19)
03282021 - Palm Sunday, April 28, 2021
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"The Disruption of Jesus" (Text: John 12:12-19)
04102022 - Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022
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"Save Us!" (Text: John 12:12-19)
04022023 - Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023
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John 13
The Customs and Symbols of Lent
Sermon IV: Foot Washing (Text: John 13:3-17)
03112015 - Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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John 14
What Are You Waiting For? (Text: John 14:1-3; Acts 1:7-11)
05012016 - Sunday, May 1, 2016
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"Do Not Be Troubled" (Text: John 14:1-3)
05102020 - Sunday, May 10, 2020
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The Death of Jesus
Sermon 3 - The Consolation (Text: John 14:1-3; 15:18-19; 16:32-33)
03102021 - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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"The Last Day” (Text: John 14:1-3)
11212021 - Sunday, November 21, 2021
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Advent Themes
Sermon 1 - "Hope" (Text: John 14: 1-3) (Other Readings: Acts 1: 4-11, Jeremiah 23: 5-8)
12272022 - Sunday, December 27, 2022
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The Offense of the Gospel (Text: John 14:1-6)
05142017 - Sunday, May 14, 2017
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Essential Memory Verses Every Christian Should Know
Sermon VII: Do You Know The Way? (Text: John 14:6)
07152018 - Sunday, July 15, 2018
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In Jesus' Name (Text: John 14:12-14)
05222011 - Sunday, May 22, 2011
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"God's Love Language” (Text: John 14:15-21)
05172020 - Sunday, May 17, 2020
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"The Love Language of Jesus" (Text: John 14:15-21)
05142023 - Sunday, May 14, 2023
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A Helper from God (Text: John 14:15-27)
06052022 - Sunday, June 5, 2022
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 2: Peace (Text: John 14:27 & 16:33)
02212024 - Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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John 15
Staying Connected to the Vine (Text: John 15:5-17)
05212017 - Sunday, May 21, 2017
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Love is Not an Option, but It is a Verb (Text: John 15:9-17)
05052024 - Sunday, May 5, 2024
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 8: Joy (Text: John 15:11, Hebrews 12:2)
03282024 - Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 1: Love (Text: John 15:13)
02142024 - Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Love is More Than a Word (Text: I John 5:3, and John 15:17)
05092021 - Sunday, May 9, 2021
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Sermon II of This is a Hard Teaching
You Will Have Trouble (Text: John 15:18-21, 16:33)
07102011 - Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Armed for Battle (Text: Acts 1:4-9, 2:1-4; Ephesians 6:10-20, John 15:18-27)
05272012 - Sunday, May 27, 2012
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The ‘Spirit' of Pentecost (Text: John 15:26-27; 16:4-15)
05242015 - Sunday, May 24, 2015
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The Focus of Pentecost (Text: John 15:26)
05232021 - Sunday, May 23, 2021
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 8: Joy (Text: John 15:11, Hebrews 12:2)
03282024 - Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Testifying About Jesus (Text: John 15:26-27a)
05192024 - Sunday, May 19, 2024
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John 16
The 'Spirit' of Pentecost (Text: John 15:26-27; 16:4-15)
05242015 - Sunday, May 24, 2015
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Out with the Old, and In with the New
From Cursed to Blessed (Text: Genesis 3:16-22 and John 16:32-33)
03302018 - Good Friday, March 30, 2018
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Sermon II of This is a Hard Teaching
You Will Have Trouble (Text: John 15:18-21, 16:33)
07102011 - Sunday, July 10, 2011
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You Will Have Trouble (Text: John 16:33)
01202013 - Sunday, January 20, 2013
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The Fruit of Jesus
Sermon 2: Peace (Text: John 14:27 & 16:33)
02212014 - Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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John 17
The 5 "P's" of Parenting
Pray (Text: John 17:1a, 6-15, Romans 8:22-27)
07152012 - Sunday, July 15, 2012
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That We May Be One (Text: John 17:20-23)
11132016 - Sunday, November 13, 2016
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John 18
What's in a Name
I Am (Text: John 18:1-6)
12272011 - Sunday, December 27, 2011
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote II: "It is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." (Text: John 11:50 & 18:14)
02172016 - Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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Crucial Quotes from Holy Week
Quote V: "My kingdom is not of this world." (Text: John 18:28-36)
03092016 - Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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A Time for Renewal
Renewal in Our Priorities (Text: John 18:28-19:16)
03292017 - Wednesday, March 29, 2017
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John 19
A Time for Renewal
Renewal in Our Priorities (Text: John 18:28-19:16)
03292017 - Wednesday, March 29, 2017
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The Customs and Symbols of Lent
Sermon VI: The Color Purple (Text: John 19:1-16)
03252015 - Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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"Good" Friday ( Text: John 19:16-17)
04072013 - Good Friday, April 7, 2013
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What Is "It"? (Text: John 19:28-30)
04152022 - Good Friday, April 15, 2022
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"It Is Finished" (Text: John 19:30)
04102020 - Good Friday, April 10, 2020
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John 20
The Customs and Symbols of Holy Week
Sermon IV: The Empty Tomb (Text: John 20:1-9)
04052015 - Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015
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‘Doubting' Thomas (Text: John 20:19-29)
04082018 - Sunday, April 8, 2018
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Everything Will Be Alright (Text: John 20:19 & Acts 5:12-20)
04072013 - Sunday, April 7, 2013
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Faithless Thomas (Text: John 20:19-31)
04032016 - Sunday, April 3, 2016
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Where's the Proof? (Text: John 20:19-31)
04152012 - Sunday, April 15, 2012
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Show Me the Money (Text: John 20:19-31)
04282019 - Sunday, April 28, 2019
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Living Proof (Text: John 20:19-31)
04162023 - Sunday, April 16, 2023
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John 21
The Other Great Commission (Text: John 21:15-19)
04102016 - Sunday, April 10, 2016
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