Finding Jesus Again
John Mark Smithson
After 22 years of preaching about Jesus, I wanna make sure I know Him.
For more than two decades, I stood behind a pulpit telling people who Jesus was, what He said, and what it meant to follow Him. I knew the sermons. I knew the theology. I knew the answers. Then I stepped away from the pulpit—and started asking questions I hadn’t allowed myself to ask before. Do I really know Jesus? Or do I know the version of Him I inherited?
Finding Jesus Again is my journey back to the beginning. I’m opening the Gospel of John, starting with chapter one, verse one, and walking through it. No pretending. No questions off limits. No requirements. No script. We’ll look at what Jesus actually said, the people He welcomed, the questions He asked, and the claims He made—and we’ll wrestle honestly with what we’ve been taught along the way. This isn’t about finding a new religion or a new denomination. It’s about finding Jesus.
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