John

3+ day, 31+ min ago   (309+ words) The eccentric prophet and baptism enthusiast had one of the biggest followings in Roman Judaea. With the arrival of Lent, many Christians enter a season marked by fasting and renewed spiritual focus. The 40-day observance recalls the period when Jesus…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (816+ words) About 20 years. That is roughly the gap between the crucifixion and a hymn early Christians were already reciting about Jesus, one that puts him on equal footing with God. If that timeline holds, the popular idea that Jesus’ divinity was…...

6+ day, 26+ min ago   (1883+ words) If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (595+ words) These men’s deaths rest on conflicting, medieval, or legendary accounts. Rather than speculating, we’ll show where the evidence runs out. McDowell places each at 5 of 10, as plausible as not. Philip, from Bethsaida, brought Nathanael to Jesus (John 1:43-46). He’s easily confused…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (34+ words) Faith, reason, and the questions today’s parents are learning to sit with “Is God real?” It’s one of the simplest questions a child can ask …...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (111+ words) Despite the recent drought and cruel heat, a young birch tree is thriving high up in the biscuit-coloured stonework of this little church in the Hambleton Hills. Other trees may have browned and dropped their leaves in July; this tree…...