Blinded by What We Were Taught (John 3:1–17)

What if the very things we were taught about God are the things keeping us from seeing clearly? In this week’s Blinded series, we encounter Nicodemus — a deeply educated religious leader, formed by tradition and confident in what he knows. Yet when he comes to Jesus under the cover of night, he is invited into a new way of seeing: to be “born from above,” to loosen his grip on certainty, and to recognize that the Spirit moves more freely than he imagined. Together, we consider the assumptions we have inherited — about God, Scripture, and even ourselves — and how the Wesleyan Quadrilateral (Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience) can help us discern what is true. What might need to be unlearned so that we can see again?