Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 19. If we didn’t know what comes in the next chapter, this chapter would suck all the hope from the world. This the day it seems as if darkness snuffs out the light. This is the day the mother of Jesus watches her firstborn son […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 18. The themes of John are all evident in this one chapter as the fullness of time arrives and that for which Jesus came into the world becomes evident. When they come to arrest Him Jesus identifies Himself as I Am and they fell to […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 17 Knowing what was coming, knowing he had little time left in this world, Jesus called his friends together to pray. Jesus prayed for them and Jesus prayed for us. That’s right! 2000 years ago, Jesus prayed for us! How extraordinary is that? The very […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 16. Jesus tells the disciples about the Holy Spirit and why they’re going to need the Spirit’s presence, protection, guidance and counsel once he’s gone. The disciples are understandably grieved as Jesus forecasts his own death. He says, “I have told you these things, so […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 15. Where do you abide? That question sounds strange to us. We might ask where a person lives but it would be unusual to ask where they abide. Jesus says in John 15 that his disciples abide him, as branches abide in a vine. He […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 12 where, following the anointing of Jesus at Bethany he enters Jerusalem, hailed as the messianic king of the Jews. Less than a week later similar crowds will call for his crucifixion. The narrative is going to move at a brisk pace but there’s something […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John chapter 11. Whatever else Jesus claims to be, the claim to be the resurrection and the life in the face of the death of Lazarus is either the ultimate truth or the ultimate lie. But Jesus backs up the claim by raising Lazarus from the […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 10 where we encounter Jesus as both the gate of the sheepfold and the good shepherd of the sheep. In verse 10 Jesus says, “The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John chapter 9 – and it’s all about faith: those who put their faith in Jesus and those who do not. There is no middle ground. You either see with the man born blind or, like the Pharisees, you are blind guide. You might read this […]
Where in the Word are you today? I’m in John 8 which might well be titled “Who’s your daddy?” John 8 should be read in conversation with John 14 and Romans 6-7. Jesus is differentiating between a living relationship with the Father and the religion that has developed under the Jews over millennia. It all […]