During the past three weeks I’ve enjoyed reading one chapter a day in the gospel according to John and sharing with you some of my thoughts. Today is chapter 21, the final chapter in this book written by the disciple whom Jesus loved. What strikes me is the conversation between and Peter and Jesus. After… Read More »
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter 18 describes Jesus’ arrest and His trials before the Jewish religious leaders and the Roman authorities. A lot happens in these 40 verses, but I was struck by something Jesus did and why He did it. In verse 4 we’re told that Jesus “went forth” or “went out” to meet those who had come… Read More »
Today and Tomorrow
I became a believer and follower of Jesus as a teenager. It was an exciting time and dramatic changes to how I viewed my life were taking place. What I didn’t know then was how much those changes were setting the course for my future. Looking back I now realize that without those changes, I… Read More »
Uncomfortable
A pastor serving in another denomination wrote the following: “When I was a college student, I participated in a program where I spent my junior year abroad in Europe. I remember the experience of exploring for the first time the city where I would spend a year. At first, everything appeared to be different: the… Read More »