“indicates the moment when they decided to silence Him once and for all”

“Jesus is the Good Shepherd who comes after us and finds us wherever we are wandering lost from Him and lost from the abundant life He wants to us to possess.”

“the mercy and power and redeeming love of God is always the answer when we suffer”

“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day” means nothing less than your father Abraham longed to see this day, this day right in front of you this very moment – this day when the Word would become flesh, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s plan of salvation launched with Abraham in Genesis chapter twelve.

“Of all Jesus’ disputes with the religious leaders, this one is the most contentious.”