Tag: garden

  • Jesus and the new garden. The Lord arrested

    Jesus and the new garden. The Lord arrested

    Creation is one of the themes of the Gospel of John. Consider the opening chapters of the Bible in the Book of Genesis and its many parallels in the Gospel of John.  Genesis 1 begins with: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. John 1:1 begins with: In the beginning was the…

  • Sermon: The New Garden – John 18:1-11

    Sermon: The New Garden – John 18:1-11

    This passage is a microcosm of the creation, fall, redemption that we see in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis. Fittingly, Jesus is arrested in a garden. In the first garden, humanity sinned and brought forth death. But in this garden, Jesus will undo that curse and bring forth life as a result…