The words of Christ cry out to us (cf. John 14:6): “Follow thou me. I am the way and the truth and the life. Without the way there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I […]
Commenting on John 14:1, J. C. Ryle insightfully wrote: “Heart-trouble is the commonest thing in the world. No rank, or class, or condition is exempt from it. No bars, or bolts, or locks can keep it out. Partly from inward causes and partly from outward,—partly from […]
Jesus said to his closest disciples on the night of their darkest trouble, “Little children, yet a little while I am with you. … Where I am going you cannot come.” … Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where […]
The setting within which Jesus foretold Peter’s infamous denial, as reported in the Gospel of John, is nothing short of astonishing. It is during the most intimate discourse recorded between Christ and His innermost disciples. It follows the announcement of imminent and ultimate betrayal. It echoes […]
Superstition is described as “unreasoning awe or fear of something unknown, mysterious, or imaginary, especially in connexion with religion.”[1] It is fanciful explanations of unexplained phenomena that are often dressed in the garb of religion. Let it be clearly noted here that biblical Christianity is emphatically […]