June 2, 2025
“Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25 ESV). John wrote his gospel account so that its readers might hear and believe. Yet he was aware that there
June 1, 2025
“Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.” (2 Samuel 18:23 ESV). “Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.” (John 20:4 ESV). In both the Old and New Testament readings today, men ran a race with urgent news tied to
May 29, 2025
“Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, ‘Whom do you seek?’”(John 18:4 ESV). This moment in John 18 is stunning in its clarity and courage. Jesus is not caught off guard. He knows exactly what is about to unfold—the betrayal, the arrest, the denial, the trials, the
May 28, 2025
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (John
May 27, 2025
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33 ESV). True peace is not found in a trouble-free place, but in an overcoming Person. This peace is not about the absence of trouble,
May 26, 2025
“But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’” (John 15:25 ESV). As Jesus prepared His disciples for the hatred they would face from the world, He pointed them to the Scriptures. He reminded them that the world’s rejection of Him was not a surprise, but
May 24, 2025
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34–35 ESV). As Jesus prepared to leave His disciples, He gave
May 22, 2025
“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” (John 12:32 ESV). These words of Jesus come after a striking moment in John’s Gospel. Some Greeks had come to the feast and expressed a desire to see Jesus. Rather than responding directly to their request, Jesus declared that
May 21, 2025
“His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.” (John 12:16 ESV). John reflects on the moment when Jesus entered Jerusalem, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah by riding on a young donkey. At
May 18, 2025
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” (John 10:14–15 ESV). Jesus calls Himself the good shepherd, setting Himself apart from the unfaithful leaders of Israel who failed to