Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

John 16

  • As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.

  • Jesus continues preparing the disciples for his departure. With a dire warning of his own, and their coming persecution.

  • Seeing, Hearing, Feeling and Testifying in Truth Pentecost  |  John 15:26-27 & 16:4b-15   When the advocate comes After Jesus comes back from the dead and appears to Mary, appears to his disciples, then appears to them again, now with Thomas in their midst, he says to them that iconic phrase: “Blessed are those who…