John 3:1-21 A Nighttime Discussion (Part One)
There was a man named Nicodemus. That’s how John begins the next scene of his Gospel. The roughly 470 words (in the English translation) of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in…
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John 2:13-22 A House of Prayer
A few years back, Betty and I traveled to Alaska. To get there, we needed to cross into Canada. Now, we’re used to being able to travel between states without…
John 2:1-11 Water into Wine
Where I live, we experience four seasons. The bleak grey cold of winter, the warm renewal of spring, the hot sweltering days of summer, the glorious crispness and colors of…
John 1:43-51 – Ladders
Have you ever considered the power of a ladder? That simple tool which allows us to change our elevation. To enable us to go and do what we couldn’t do…
John 1:35-42 – What Are You Seeking?
I remember one day when I was somewhere around eleven or twelve years old. I was sulking around because I lost something. It may have been a pocket knife, but…
John 1: 19-28 – Are you the Christ?
Living in rural places often means dealing with non-paved roads. While the road in front of our home is paved, about a half-mile to the east, it becomes a nonpaved…
John 1:14-18 – The Word Became Flesh
John’s prelude to his Gospel leads up to these startling and amazing words – the Word became flesh. The preexistent Word of John 1:1, “In the beginning the Word was…
John 1:1-13 – Prelude of Light
Light and darkness. Day and night. Detail and shadow. These are the brushes John uses to write the Gospel bearing his name.
Love is Always the Right Answer
Everything dies. Entropy, the movement from order to disorder, is the nature of the universe. That’s a rather dark way of starting an article about agape love. But in 1…
Love Keeps Going
By Ben Hoerr – Over these last few weeks, we’ve been looking closely at what “Love is . . .” according to one definition found in 1 Corinthians 13. Today…
Love Hopes
Hope is a tricky thing. Sometimes hope is what keeps us going like a glimmer of light at the end of a long tunnel. But hope can also blind us…
Love Believes All Things
My wife, Betty, knows not to believe everything I say. It’s not because I lie or try to deceive her, but I do tend to joke and play with words.…