This summer we’re turning to John’s gospel as we wrestle with these questions of substance. We’ll focus on some of Jesus' key self-descriptors, or what you could call identity claims, throughout the book. These are known as Jesus' I Am statements: I am the bread of life; I am the light of the world; I am the door of the sheep; I am the good shepherd; I am the resurrection and the life; I am the way, the truth and the life; I am the true vine.
We’ll hear from seven different voices reflecting on each of these statements from Jesus. Let's start today, however, by asking why these identity claims matter and how they make sense of our questions of substance and subsistence, then dig into the first of Jesus' I Am statements for this week, “I am the bread of life.”
