Try and imagine it; nothing we experience in this world is like it. Instead we find ourselves in the thick of a contest between good and evil. Deceit and shame dogs our every step, bit not just from without. We are often the enemy of our best selves. What a place this...

Those who pondered this question were Israel's recognized intellectuals. Jesus had not be their pupil, and that is why they supposed he had 'never studied.'  Established knowledge centers have much to teach, but there is a higher wisdom than they can impart. To learn t...

If it were my neighbor, a judge, a politician or even my Pastor who spoke so, he would not be taken seriously.  While I respect all of them, not one among them has the magisterial and weighty persona invest such an announcement with any purchase.   The voice that speak...

It takes courage to believe in Jesus. 'Jews' in John's Gospel, are not Jews racially, but the Temple authorities as well as many Pharisees and Sadducees. To hold an opinion about Jesus that differed from that of the religious experts was hard for ordinary folk. They we...

Who can fail to be attracted by such words? Pain, trauma and grief punctuate our lives from beginning to end. When tears wet our faces we long consolation that is absolute; permanent. Pleasure, joy and delight are also known to us, and these whet our appetite for a bet...

Jesus is unmistakably human, in John's gospel. Here he is involved in a verbal exchange with his brothers which is remarkable for its ordinariness. It might occur among siblings in any family. Jesus is thoroughly human, but uniquely human. He is one with mankind--excep...

God alone is holy, and his dwelling place therefore is the Holy City. The Bible is consistent in portraying a God who does not sit on high waiting for humans to make the their way up to him; he comes to them. The world is the object of God's intense interest and purpos...

What difference is it if amazing things happen in Judea rather than Galilee? Most of Jesus' ministry took place in Galilee, even though Judea and Jerusalem was the political and religious center of the nation. Unbelief always waits to see which way the world's ruler's...

Friendship, good will, and fellow-feeling are never so much enjoyed as when persons sit down and share a meal together.  Here depicted is a God who desires to be with us; who anticipates the good times that go with interpersonal relations. The language of this verse is...

God in the living God because life in him is un-obtained, un-received, un-derived. Life is not inherent in nature; it is borrowed from the self-existing originator. Humans are unique in creation because they alone can choose to know and love the life-giver. This privil...