Category: Bible
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Jesus and eternal life – studying John 3:16-21
The result of belief In John 3:16, Jesus says: God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. One of the things that this verse teaches is that belief in the son is necessary. Our society really struggles with that idea. …
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The Old Testament and believer’s baptism
Baptism is not this arbitrary practice that Christians just decided to start doing. During the ministry of Christ, John the Baptist had a ministry where he was the forerunner to Jesus and he baptized with a baptism of repentance. But John the Baptist didn’t invent baptism. Before he was born, baptism was being practiced. When…
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The love of God and john 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. –John 3:16: It’s one of the best known and most beloved verses in the Bible. Still a verse that remains a part of popular culture. In the 1970s and 80s, it…
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Jesus, Nicodemus, and the bronze serpent. Studying John 3:9-15
In John 3, Jesus is approached by a pharisee named Nicodemus who is intrigued about his ministry. Jesus controls the conversation and talks to Nicodemus of being born again and born of water and the Spirit. Nicodemus is perplexed by this. Verses 9-10, Nicodemus is still dumbfounded by what Jesus has said. 9 Nicodemus said…
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The American gospel and the meaning of Easter
Statistically, we know that the vast majority of Americans believe in some form of a higher power. There are relatively few who are atheists. Since people do believe that there is something, and since it’s so easy to think of the majority of Americans as Christians, many simply attach themselves to Christianity. But what does…
Josh Benner 