In the Potter’s Hand

John’s Gospel is a different kind of historical narrative than the other Gospels. In the first  chapter we are introduced to John the Baptist, the one who “bore witness to the Light.” The text  helps us grasp the Deity and Humanity of Israel’s Messiah as Pastor John Thomas explains. In the Potter’s Hand airs weekday mornings at 9 Eastern on WORD-FM, and weekday  afternoons at 1:30 Eastern on AM 730, The Word in Pittsburgh. Learn more at ccbrownsville.org/teachings. *****

John’s Gospel stands out as a different kind of historical narrative about Jesus. In the first  chapter we are introduced to another John. We know him as John the Baptist—an actual  relative and forerunner of Jesus of Nazareth as Pastor John Thomas demonstrates. In the Potter’s Hand airs weekday mornings at 9 Eastern on WORD-FM, and weekday  afternoons at 1:30 Eastern on AM 730, The Word in Pittsburgh. Learn more at ccbrownsville.org/teachings. *****

Light reveals and darkness conceals. Pastor John Thomas turns to the light in John’s Gospel and shows us why the darkness has never been able to overcome it. From John 1 to 2 Corinthians 4, he leaves us all with a simple choice: where do we want to live? In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

Life and light are at the heart of John’s Gospel. Pastor John Thomas walks us through some of Jesus’ best-known “I am” statements, from the bread of life to the resurrection and the life, as he shows us how Jesus is the very source of both. In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

Some things we simply cannot fix on our own, no matter how much duct tape we try. Pastor John Thomas shows us how Jesus doesn’t just create, but regenerates, bringing life where there was only death. From Adam to Romans 5 to the vine and the branches in John 15, he leaves all of us with a pointed question: are we connected to Jesus as we should be? In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

What holds everything together, from the smallest atom to our own lives? Pastor John Thomas moves into verse three of the Gospel of John, where Jesus is shown as the one who creates, renews, and sustains. Along the way he draws on science, Scripture, and the hurts we all carry. Listen in and discover the One who holds it all together. In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

Where does the story of Jesus really begin? Matthew and Luke trace his family line, but John takes us back much further, to before anything was. Pastor John Thomas wraps up his introduction to the Gospel of John with a look at the very beginning, and at what it means that the Word of God stepped into our world. Listen in and see how far back this story goes. In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

Who is Jesus, and why does it matter? Pastor John Thomas continues his introduction to the Gospel of John with 25 titles that reveal who Jesus is, from the Lamb of God to the ladder between heaven and earth. Listen in and see how John’s Gospel applies to us in a very special way. In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****

Why would a man nicknamed a "Son of Thunder" later be called the disciple Jesus loved? Pastor John Thomas begins a new journey through the Gospel of John, and a surprising number points to the answer: the word "believe" appears 314 times in the Bible, and 98 of them are in this one book. Find out why, and what it means for all of us. In the Potter's Hand airs Monday through Friday on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh at 9:00 AM and on AM 730 The Word in Pittsburgh at 1:30 PM, Eastern time. Learn more: ccbrownsville.org/teachings *****