Kings & Con

  The desire to see God, to hear His voice, to have some tangible evidence of His presence with us is deeply human. When we are consumed by our failures, our doubt, our trials and tragedies, we yearn for the assurance that God is with us—that He really is there, that He sees us, and that He won't leave us. It is a longing that echoes throughout all of human history. We see it in Moses' story i...

  John wants us to be thinking about Genesis as we read his gospel. This is evident from his opening lines and is reinforced over and over again throughout the narrative. And where does Genesis begin? It begins with the Spirit of God, hovering over the dark waters of an unformed void. No light. No order. No form. Until God, through His word, brings forth light and life. Until He begins, day by...

  John 7 ends with the words, "And they all went home..." then chapter 8 continues this thought with the contrast "...but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives."  They all went home, but Jesus...He went to the Mount of Olives. There's something poetic about this single line. A depth to these few words that we can easily overlook. Their reflex was to retreat to their family, their friends, their co...