Christ Church - Johns Creek, GA

This sermon from John 15:1–17 unfolds Jesus' vine-and-branches teaching, explaining how believers must remain connected to Christ to bear spiritual fruit. It covers the roles of the vine, branches, fruit, and the vital connection of communion with Christ through dependence, Scripture, and prayer.
Practical guidance is given on how the Father prunes for growth, how obedience and Christlike character grow from abiding, and how prayer and meditation on Christ's words sustain ongoing fruitfulness.

Pastor Ben walks through John 14:15–31, where Jesus promises the Holy Spirit as our helper, assures believers they will not be left as orphans, and offers his peace in the face of suffering.
He explains that genuine love for Christ produces obedient living, deepens our experience of his presence, and brings comfort and victory over the world through the Spirit’s teaching and indwelling.

In this sermon, Pastor Ben unpacks Jesus's astonishing promise that everyone who believes will do the works he did—and even greater works—because he goes to the Father and intercedes through our prayers to accomplish God's will.
We explore how those works aim to bring people to faith, how the Spirit and Jesus' ascension empower believers, and why praying in Jesus' name (for the Father’s glory) is the means God uses to accomplish his purposes through ordinary Christians.

Pastor Kevin walks through John 14:1-14 reminding believers that Jesus comforts troubled hearts by promising to prepare a place for his bride, sending the Holy Spirit, and reigning as the exclusive way to the Father.
The sermon highlights the wedding imagery, the Trinity, and practical encouragement to cast anxieties on God, trust Jesus’ sacrifice, and live by the Spirit in the good works he has prepared.

This episode examines John 13:18–38, where Jesus predicts Judas’s betrayal and Peter’s denial, gives a new command to love one another, and models humble service. The sermon focuses on Peter’s misplaced confidence, the disciples’ blindness to their own weakness, and Jesus’ sovereign work on their behalf.Key takeaways: we often deceive ourselves about our strength; we cannot do for Jesus what only he can do for us; true Christian life is rooted in dependence on Christ, prayer, humility, and love empowered by his Spirit.

Pastor Ben Presten:
In this sermon on John 13:1–17, the preacher unfolds Jesus’ final hours with his disciples as he humbly washes their feet, demonstrating a love that endures to the end, a cleansing only Christ can give, and a model for how believers are sent to serve.
The message calls listeners to admit their need, receive Christ’s cleansing, and follow his example of humble service out of the assurance of being loved and adopted by God.

Pastor Dylan Evans preaches from John 12, focusing on Jesus’ struggle with fear, his willing death, and how the cross both defeats death and draws people to God. The message challenges listeners to trust Christ, walk in the light, and respond in faith, even amid fear and life transitions.

Pastor Ben Presten:
In this sermon, we reach the climax of John’s Gospel with Jesus’ triumphal entry and the turning point toward his death. We explore how Jesus fulfills Old Testament messianic promises, show why his humble kingship on a donkey was needed, and reveal that his death is the seed for a worldwide harvest.
Listeners are invited to embrace the cross-shaped life—dying to self to gain true life—and to find hope in the promise of resurrection and reward that follows sacrificial obedience.

Pastor Ben Presten:
This sermon explores John 12, where Mary anoints Jesus with costly perfume, Judas objects and later betrays him, and the crowd reacts to the raising of Lazarus. The scene sets the stage for Jesus’ approaching death and the religious leaders’ plot.
The sermon contrasts Mary’s thoughtful, humble, heart-led worship with Judas’s love of self, wealth, and the world, calling listeners to be captivated by Christ’s grace and to let that captivation overflow into genuine worship.

Student Ministry Lead Brendan Leone:
This sermon walks through John 11:25–57, exploring how Jesus reveals the glory of God in compassion, righteous anger, faithful promise-keeping, and the substitutionary way of the cross.
Using the story of Lazarus, the speaker shows how suffering, death, and resurrection point us to Christ’s mercy and justice and invites listeners to behold and trust in his work for life.