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Initiate

A video introduction using illustrations, personal stories, metaphors, or active learning examples to begin the discussion.

 

 

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​Interact

After the video, prompts are supplied for thinking and sharing with others personal perception and experience. This opening activity prompts participants to think about and relate to the topic, and to share with others. 

 

 

What’s the First Thing That Comes to Mind?
This might feel like a psychology exercise, or just a fun game, but it's also a way to discover what thought rises to the top. When you hear the words below, what’s the very first thing you think of?

1. Mountain                               
2. Explorer                                   
3. Fast Car                                  
4. Basketball Player                   
5. Humanitarian                         
6. Coffee                                    
7. Painter                                   
8. Genius                                    
9. Disney Character                   
10. Superhero                              

 

Use the key below for the “obvious” answers, but don’t stop there. Take a moment to consider what most people don’t know about these familiar names.

1. Mount Everest - Everest has so much trash it’s nicknamed “the world’s highest junkyard.”
2. Christopher Columbus - Columbus never set foot in what is now the United States.
3. Ferrari - Enzo Ferrari never wanted to make road cars, just to fund his racing team.
4. Michael Jordan - He was once cut from his high school varsity team as a sophomore.
5. Mother Teresa - She endured decades of spiritual darkness and doubt.
6. Starbucks - The original Starbucks didn’t serve coffee—only beans and brewing gear.
7. Van Gogh - He only sold one painting during his entire lifetime.
8. Einstein - He didn’t speak fluently until he was four years old.
9. Mickey Mouse - Mickey was born after Disney lost the rights to his first character.
10. Superman - His creators sold him for $130 and struggled while others made billions.

 

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​Insight

The Bible discussion begins with a careful reading of the whole passage, either from your own Bibles, or from the provided images below.

Then participants are to ask:

1. What is going on in this passage of Scripture?
2. What are the key words and phrases? Highlight them.
3. Why do you think this passage is included in the Bible?
4. What does it contribute to our “knowing Christ” and “living in Christ”?

 

 

Download PDF of John 3:16-21

John 3:16 is more than a memory verse. It is a doorway into the heart of Jesus' mission. Spoken not to a crowd but to one man in the shadows, this conversation with Nicodemus reveals something stunning: God's desire is not to condemn, but to save. Jesus doesn't come with a gavel, but with grace.

Belief is the active agreement to trust and receive the gift of eternal life. The tragedy is not that darkness exists, but that people prefer it. The verdict is the legal judgment that declares: The light has come, but some run from it. And yet, for those who live by the truth, it's not shameful but freeing.

Read the companion passages (Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 John 4:9–10).

This passage is more than a message of salvation but is a love story and a rescue mission. Look at all of the verbs, and you will see God at work to save "the world." Even though some who "prefer" darkness, the call is for all who or "whoever" wants life. The invitation is wide. The path is open. The Savior's act of sacrifice has paid the cost for all who believe.

In a world quick to cancel and condemn, Jesus reminds us: He didn't come to point a finger but to offer a hand. One light. One truth. There is one hope for whoever will step into it. What do you say?

 

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​Insight Out

A parting video clip with a personal invitation to apply the message to “knowing Christ” and “living in Christ” in the coming week.