Category Archives: Gospel of John: Alive in Christ

Everyone recognizes the brilliant physicist Albert Einstein and his famous equation E = mc2 (even though many of us have no clue what it means). The story is told that while traveling on a train, Dr. Einstein was unable to … Continue reading →

My husband LOVES Pawn Stars, the reality show on the History Channel featuring business at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. In one episode a man brought in a violin he had found in … Continue reading →

www. We type these three letters multiple times a day. We seldom stop to think what they represent – world wide web. We only know that they take us to lots of places and people and information all over the … Continue reading →

“This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” John 11:4 Making sense of any hard thing that comes into our lives must begin with this premise: … Continue reading →

“…So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.” John 9:7b Jesus employees an interesting method for healing the blind-since-birth man in John 9: Dirt + Jesus spit = mud Apply mud to eyes Find Siloam Pool Wash away … Continue reading →

  Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. John 8:6b   John 8 opens with the Pharisees staging what they believe is a clever trap. They really think they’ve got Jesus this time. They … Continue reading →

“Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” John 6:5 Our Lord often used questions as he taught, giving his disciples an opportunity to reason through the answers as he patiently, gently, and kindly led them to find … Continue reading →

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” John 5:6 A strange question for Jesus to ask a man who … Continue reading →

Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. John 4:6b Surely I’ve read this passage many times over the years. But somewhere between pondering Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3 and moving on to … Continue reading →

He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30 In John Chapter 3, John the Baptist uses the analogy of a wedding to explain his devotion to Jesus. He describes His Savior as the bridegroom and compares himself to … Continue reading →