John chapter 5 is a powerful chapter in the narrative of John. Starting with a healing and followed by powerful public teaching, it has a lot to say about healing and the sabbath, resurrection and judement. If you haven't read it in awhile, take a moment today to read at least the first 15 verse...

Have you ever yearned to see a miracle? Some evidence of the invisible God made visible in your life? Just something to embolden your faith? I've often found myself wondering why God doesn't do more to demonstrate His existence for us today.  Why no more pillars of fire? Why do we never see the ...

  One of the first things Jesus tells Nicodemus is that unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. When Nicodemus struggles to understand, Jesus explains: "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God" (John 3:5). T...

  The Gospel of John is a beautifully woven narrative, complete with beautiful poetry, stark images, abundant hyperlinks to Old Testament motifs & promises, and layered meaning. As an author, he uses every tool at his disposal to expose and reinforce his most important themes throughout the text...

  The great epic that is the Bible begins with a clear conflict: the divine breathes life into humanity in order to live in community with us, but once sin arrives, this intimacy is shattered. Humanity finds itself thrust outside of Eden and away from God, in a position that they were never crea...

  There are openings, and then there are thresholds. Can you imagine John, wrestling with the weight of telling this story? He knows he has been called to this—to bear witness, to testify, to shape experience into language so that others might believe. But language falters. Words feel thin, like...