John’s Gospel Archive
John 5:1-9 This chapter introduces us to a miracle Jesus performed on a man who the Scripture tells us has “been an invalid for thirty-eight years”. He has been lying there waiting for a miracle. There was, then, a popular belief among the Jews, of an event where an angel stirs up the pool and anyone who steps in first receives a miracle. This however …
After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him (John 6:66). The Oxford Dictionary says the phrase “post-truth” was its word of the year 2016 because it was widely used especially in American and British politics. “Post-truth” is defined as an “adjective…relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to …
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed , and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God (John 6:68). If you enter most Christian bookshops, the most popular titles on the shelves are those offering one motivation or the other on how to succeed in life, find …
