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My sheep The Feast of Dedication was not prescribed by God in the Scripture. Better known today as Hanukkah, it was instituted by the Jewish Priest Maccabees in 165BC, to celebrate the re-dedication of the temple after it had been desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes. So nationalistic tensions would have been running high and the desire […]
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Abundant life The statement “For judgement I came into this world” is perplexing as it seems to directly contradict John 3:17, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn.” No! He came primarily to save sinners in this lost and fallen world. But His coming results in both salvation and judgement. […]
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Demonstrating the light Jesus is the light of the world. He now demonstrates that by bringing light to a man’s eyes. One of the marks of the Messianic age was the recovery of sight for the blind (Isa 29:18; 35:5), so Jesus demonstrates that. The scene is set with a man born blind. The question […]
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Is the Gospel of John Anti-Semitic The Gospels are filled with Jesus’ battle of words and deeds with Jewish leaders. Liberal commentators argue that today’s reading is the climax of antisemitism and must have been written later when battles between Jews and Christians were hotter and the gospel was edited to demonise Jews in general. […]
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Light of the world Jesus – the light of the world, is a great comfort in the midst of darkness. It is, as John Piper puts it, “the soft glow in a lonely room when we are bearing devastating loss”. His sweet light and presence carries us through the darkest of times. His light also […]
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“Did God really say…?” – Satan, the serpent. Genesis 3:1 You’ll notice that a good chunk of today’s passage is encased in brackets. The accompanying note tells us that “the earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53 – 8:11”. Now, I’m the sort of person who likes to have things laid out clearly. If we’re going […]
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Rivers of living water The Festival of Booths was the 7th annual Jewish festival, where thousands would go to Jerusalem to live in shelters or booths and worship. It was a reminder to the Jews that God had delivered them from slavery in Egypt and taken them through the wilderness to the promised land. At […]
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God is large and in charge Chapter 6 begins with 5,000 followers and ends with 11. As once commentator put it, “chapter six ends on a note of failure”. Resistance to Jesus is getting stronger and stronger until almost everyone abandons Him. What this chapter does is help us gain a robust understanding that God […]
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Bread 2.0 A 2014 survey of American churchgoers threw up some disturbing statistics among twenties (I’m sure churchgoers in the UK are similar): 65% believe you will go to heaven if you are a good person; Only 58% believe premarital sex is wrong; Only 49% believe abortion should be illegal in most instances. The people […]