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24 July 2020

Jesus Talks With Nicodemus

The Jewish people were proud that they were the people of God. Because they were Abraham’s descendants, they were special, they belonged to God. This was their honor. Jesus is teaching a new honor, a new way to enter God’s family. It is not by natural birth. He says that we must be born again by re…

3 April 2020

He Helps Us When We Are Weak

Sometimes we don't know how to pray. Especially now during the coronavirus crisis, we may struggle with praying. How could God not do something about this? We do not believe that God caused the crisis, but we believe God can bring out blessings through the crisis, as we read in Romans 8, " ... in a…

16 July 2020

Jesus Visits the Temple

The temple was the house of God. Here people could meet God in the holy place. The temple was the most sacred site for the Jews. The temple was their greatest honor. When Jesus visits the temple, He sees the courtyard being used for business. He throws out the sellers. The Jewish leaders demanded t…

27 March 2020

Present Suffering and Future Glory

We are living in difficult days with the coronavirus crisis. Many of our friends are asking questions about the meaning of life and where is God in all of this. Why is there so much suffering? Christians are not free from the pain of this world, but we believe God will recreate heaven and earth. Th…

12 June 2020

Jesus Meets Nathanael

Jesus invites different friends to follow him. He invites Nathanael who at first does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah. But when he meets Jesus he realizes that Jesus is indeed the one sent from God. Jesus will reveal many new things about himself.

10 April 2020

God Is for Us

Sometimes social distancing becomes so overwhelming and discourages you. But being with people can be challenging too. Human relationships are difficult to handle. Someone shames or insults you, or is angry with you. We become deeply discouraged. What about God? Is He angry with believers? Or disap…

5 June 2020

John the Baptist Testifies

In the Gospel of John, the Apostle John shows the readers who Jesus really is. Many people testified about Jesus, they spoke about what they experienced with Jesus. John the Baptist testified that Jesus was the Lamb of God, the Chosen One of God.

24 April 2020

The Word

The gospel is a big story. God created a beautiful and good world, but darkness came into the world. Now God will do something new in this world. Jews believed that the Torah had come through the spoken word. Many Jews believed that God lived in the Temple. This is where you could meet with God. Pe…