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 …

See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you. (John 5:14). In a general understanding of Scripture, all of our human weaknesses, diseases and infirmities are a result of sin entering the human race, though not all diseases are a result of personal sin (see Genesis 3:16-19, c.f. John 9:1-2). In the opening text, Jesus heals a man and commands …

After the two days he departed for Galilee (John 4:43) Without the context, this text means nothing. After what two days? Who departed for Galilee? The text is simply telling us a journey Jesus undertook.  Now, in the opening words of John Chapter 4, we are told Jesus initially set off on a journey to Galilee: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard …