Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I frequently remind us that the phrase we read in John as “eternal life” is a misnomer for the modern mind. The phrase, mixed with the evolution of theological concepts like postmillennial dispensationalism leads us to assume it has to be about Heaven, the …
A Word: No Easy Faith
Jesus offers Nicodemus a new way of seeing the world and a new life. Our attempts to make new life easy strip it of its true substance. Jesus’s gospel of redemptionLent 4B | John 3:14-21 This morning, we read from the gospel of John. Chapter 3, verses 14 through 21. And this …
Love
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This week’s gospel includes one of the most famous lines in modern Christianity: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” -John 3:16 It is also one of the most …
