We come to John’s last words in his testimony about Jesus. In his closing he does a couple of things. The first is that he shares how he knows this special story of Jesus and Peter. Secondly he shares his closeness to Jesus. His third point is addressing the rumor that started from this story. […]
We are to part two of the final story John shares in his PS closing. We are going to take a couple verses out of my bible’s third section of the story and put them with today’s reading. I’m sorry it has taken me so long to get here. I have been doing a dozen […]
John gives us a final story that my bible breaks into three sections. We will look at it that way too. This is John’s PS to his letter. I love this story and think John must have too to include it like he did. The first thing that I noticed about this story is that […]
John is winding down his story of Jesus. He wants to make sure his reader understands why he wrote this account. He is believed to be the latest to pen his account of the four gospels. So why didn’t he just let the others speak for Jesus? Why did he think it important to throw […]
We get to hear a unique story from John. He is the only one who shares Thomas’ experience regarding Jesus’ resurrection with us. This is the story that inspired the phrase “doubting Thomas.” I can sympathize with Thomas, to a degree, in John’s account. Jesus’ resurrection was a miracle above all miracles. Nothing like it […]