“The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us.” (John 1:2, ESV) When and Where Do Biblical Scholars Believe This Book was Written? This study is based on the belief that John, the brother of James (the sons of Zebedee, Matthew 10:2-4), is the author. He was also known as one of the “Sons of Thunder.” (Mark 3:17) He was also one of...

Through the work of the Spirit in our lives and through the discipline of our minds (Romans 12:2), the roots of our lives must become firmly planted in the reality of God’s love as revealed in Christ. Like the ground from which a tree’s roots are nourished, God’s love is the one source from which we are to drink and derive nourishment. When we are empty, we are to drink the fullness of God’s love. When we face temptation, we are to drink the...

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!    You have given me relief when I was in distress.    Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? SelahBut know that the Lord has set apart the godly for...

“That’s not very smart,” was Lynne’s response when I told her I was going to Airborne Training (Jump School). I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve been given the “not smart” response on many occasions. Some are not valid, but many probably were. When I volunteered to return to Vietnam for a second combat tour, several people responded with, “Not smart.” When Lynne and I married thirteen days after our first date, there were a few who responded,...

“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not...