Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Shawn Linnell, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair, NE, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 9:1-23. When Jesus and His disciples pass a man born blind, the disciples ask a question with incorrect assumptions. Jesus corrects them and invites them to see how God is at work for this man as Jesus gives the man the ability to see. The ensuing investigation into Jesus’ act includes the awe and wonder at the neighbors of the man, who begins to have his eyes of faith opened to Jesus. The Pharisees are divided concerning Jesus as they begin to investigate the matter, though their hardness against Jesus is evident in their desire to put out of the synagogue anyone who confesses Jesus as the Christ. “The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life and ministry. As we read the Word of God recorded by St. John, the Holy Spirit works in us so that we might bel