A man I’d never met phoned and told me, “For the next hour you are going to listen to me as I show you why I don’t like your God, and why I do not believe in the God of the Bible.” Because, he said, look at the horrible things God has done – the [...]
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Jesus came to reveal God to us. It was “job done” for him, then, when he could report in, “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me,” John 17:6. He also said, “I have made you known to them and will CONTINUE to make you known,” verse 26, so Jesus is still on [...]
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It’s taking some getting used to, having a spirit Dad, and a spirit Dad who calls us his children, too. Because if he’s a spirit Dad and I’m a spirit Dad’s son, what’s that make me? Spirit, too?! Yes it does, according to what Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3. “No one can see the kingdom [...]
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Every morning I can, if I wish, imagine myself being ushered into God’s presence and there I stand before him. Scripture tells me what he sees, too. He sees me as both son and sinner. I’m his son (John 1:12, Gals 3:26, 1 John 3:2); I’m also a sinner (1 John 1:8). He sees us [...]
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Following up on “Who or what is Jesus now?” (Feb 19/10), John 1:14 also tells of Jesus being God’s “Son” and God being his Father. So in asking the question,”Who is Jesus now?” we discover he’s not only “the Word,” he’s also God’s Son. But how can God have a son? How can God, being [...]
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According to John chapter 1, Jesus has always been “the Word.” He’s called the Word because it’s through him that God expresses and reveals himself. All we need to know about God, therefore, is revealed by the Word. He is the full expression and revelation of God. In our terms, the Word “shows and tells” [...]
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At what point in eternity did God get the idea of creating human beings? I ask for my own peace of mind because if I haven ‘t been the apple of God’s eye forever, what am I instead? Am I merely a “fun project” God came up with to keep himself amused (with all that [...]
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In John 17:3 Jesus said, “Now this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God.” That’s quite a statement. I remember the “Love is…” buttons, well here Jesus is saying “Eternal life is…” – but who would have thought that “eternal life is….knowing God?” But if anyone knew that for a [...]
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Some people have amazing faces. Like the face of the little girl with huge, haunting eyes that stared at me from a photo in a store window I was passing. So many emotions in so young a face – innocent and wistful, but that tragic hint of sadness, loss and hardship, too. How [...]
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