The pastor at our church recently preached on John the Baptist — specifically, his words and actions in John 3:22-36 — and observed in the course of the sermon that John 3 and Romans 8 are, for Christian theology, perhaps the top texts. So this led to a discussion in our small group the next … [Read more…]
Jesus was always conscious of His audience and of time and timing in His ministry. So consider the setting of His meeting with Nicodemus, recounted in John 3:1-21. It is at the very beginning of His ministry, and He is meeting with one of the top Jewish religious leaders. What would Jesus want to say … [Read more…]
I had two Scripture-related thoughts recently — one during Sunday worship, the other at our small group meeting the following day — that turn out to be rather complementary, I think. The first was that, even if you don’t agree with what the preacher is saying about a particular Bible passage, it is good to … [Read more…]