By Michael C. Mack Think of a time when someone you love broke the news that they were soon going to leave (moving, divorcing, dying). What words describe your emotions? Read John 14:15-26. In this passage, Jesus was breaking the news to his disciples that he soon was leaving. In what ways did he try […]
By David Faust When the chemical engineer Alfred Nobel died in 1896, his will established a trust fund for rewarding outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, literature, and medicine, as well as the famous Nobel Peace Prize. Ironically, Nobel gained a significant portion of his fortune from inventing dynamite and explosives used in war. It’s […]
By David Faust It’s one of the best-known verses in the New Testament. But to postmodern ears, John 14:6 sounds narrow and uncompromising. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” It would be the height of egotism to insist that […]
