Recalled to Life / Takeaways - Dr. Britt Terry
John 11:1–44
Dr. Britt Terry • March 22, 2026
On why John's Gospel is special:
"John's Gospel is my favorite gospel, and part of the reason is because it's weird."
On Martha's confession of faith:
"She says: ‘Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who has come into the world.’ If that ain't a confession of faith, I don't know what is. It is distinct. It is succinct. It is precise. It is concise. She articulates what his role is, what the Incarnation means."
On Jesus's mic-drop moment:
"I am the resurrection. I am the life. Not something on the last day. Right now."
On Martha and Mary as two sides of the same coin:
"We can be the person in charge who's fussing and worried about stuff, but we can also be the person who is listening, contemplating, in the presence of Jesus."
On Lazarus's new life:
"Jesus said, 'Take those grave clothes off. Unbind him. Let him go.' I like to think his next fifteen, twenty, twenty-five years—he lives this more abundant life. It's exuberant. It's abundant. It is unbound."
On miracles in our own lives:
"It’sl a miracle when something that seems like a dead end is revitalized."
The closing challenge:
"Where do you see the resurrection? Where have you seen renewed life? How can you, like Martha, speak your faith into belief and see life around you restored? What ordinary or extraordinary miracle is recalling you to life?"
