Jesus Was A Listener, He'll Listen To You!

Christ Community Church - Brookside Campus

I have been a Baptist most of my life. I pastored four different Southern Baptist churches and for the most part my theological perspective is Baptist.
However, life is full of change and my wife and I have been blessed to find the Evangelical Free denomination and we recently joined the church in the picture. This church, Christ Community, is located at 67th and Wornall in Kansas City, Missouri. If you are looking for a church with spectacular preaching and amazing music then I encourage you to check them out. We gather this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
The preaching is usually based on series which take you through a Bible book and we have been studying through the Gospel of John. The recurring theme of John's account of Jesus life is "Jesus the listener". I think this is an aspect of Jesus personality that I had missed for years. Jesus listened to nearly everyone he met. He wasn't pushy with His opinions and was always attentive to "honest inquiry".
Jesus listened to the deeply rreligious but spiritually lost when He had a conversation with Nicodemus in chapter three. He listened to the cast away woman at the well, in chapter four. He listened to the indifferent in chapter five when He dealt with the lame man by the pool of Siloam. He listened with a tender heart to the grieving Martha at a cemetary in chapter 11. He listened to he relativist, Pontius Pilate, in chapter 18. When Jesus listened to people He gained a deeper glimpse into the condition of their heart and He always offered them a solution which was Himself!
I think this sermon series has really spoken to my need to become a better listener. It's hard to minister to folks when all you do is talk. I hope to become a listener like Jesus.
I also came to a conclusion about this blog. I would really like to engage some of you who read these posts by attempting to answer any questions you might have concerning the Bible, Jesus, Heaven, Salvation or any topic at all. My email address is freegracegospel@gmail.com.
Do you have a question?  I would love to chat and potentially give you an answer that might satisfy your curiosity.
I have noticed that a few of my readers are frequent visitors and I am so glad that you return to check out new posts. Thanks for listening to me and I hope to get a chance to listen to you!