“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he […]
Recently, I came across a video that showed, by a series of interviews, how persons can be so convinced that their chosen religion is the truth. Such experiences can make one wonder if any religion can claim to be the true one or if it is even possible for humans to arrive at the truth. […]
So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you, whether Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, or the future—everything belongs to you, (1Co 3:21-22 ISV) The New International Commentary on the New Testament makes a beautiful summation of these words of Paul to the Corinthians. I was so […]
Healing a Man Born Blind (With comments from Albert Barnes) 1Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents […]
Let us turn now to the story. A child is born in an obscure village. He is brought up in another obscure village. He works in a carpenter shop until he is thirty, and then for three brief years is an itinerant preacher, proclaiming a message and living a life. He never writes a book. […]
It is June 22, 1633. An unsteady old man is on his knees before the court of the Roman Inquisition. He is a man of science, one of the best known of the day. His scientific convictions are based on long years of study and research. Yet, if he wants to save his life, he […]
Christianity exists not merely as a power or principle in this world, but also in an institutional and organized form which is intended to preserve and protect (not to obstruct) it. Christ established a visible church with apostles, as authorized teachers and rulers, and with two sacred rites, baptism and the holy communion, to be […]