“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5) As branches, our purpose is to glorify our Vine. We exist to (1) […]
The chief necessity of the Christian is to abide in Christ. It is our one vital obsession. Everything else in the Christian life is of secondary consequence. The whole of John 15 is designed to glorify the true Vine. Not ‘a’ vine, or even ‘the’ vine, […]
The most powerful message ever preached was from Christ’s pulpit of love—the cross. From it we hear, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16). From it we […]
This day I am praying for the congregation that I love and serve—not unlike any other day—with a particular burden for their love to Christ. I pray that “in everything [Christ] might be preeminent” (Col 1:18)—in our hearts, in our thoughts, in our desires, in our […]
We can learn from how Jesus faced the greatest of all evils. Notice how Christ speaks of His impending crucifixion. The complex of events that are precipitated by hatred, betrayal, and injustice, He repeatedly describes as His “hour” (Jn 2:4; 7:30; 8:20). This hour is the […]