The Gospel of John may be one of the most powerful books ever written. Scholarly and archeological discoveries in recent decades give us new insight on details found within, and we now see many things that we missed before!
Steadfast Love – by Pastor Chris Dodge
Lamentations may be the saddest book in the entire Bible. Yet even in the heart of this rather grim lament there are words of amazing comfort and assurance.
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
God’s steadfast love is sure and certain no matter what may be happening in our lives. He is dependable even when nothing else is.
We live in a culture that often trivializes love and underestimates evil. Real love is costly and sacrificial. That is powerfully demonstrated at the cross of Jesus.
The Bible says: This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
The steadfast love of God offers life for eternity and transformation power for today. Because his love is so powerful, it can transform all who receive it. Check out that transforming power.
The Gospel of John may be one of the most powerful books ever written. Scholarly and archeological discoveries in recent decades give us new insight on details found within, and we now see many things that we missed before!
Christianity makes this dramatic claim: Everything stands or falls on one event in history – the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In the ancient Middle East, women were considered to be second-class citizens at best and mere property at worst. In the Jewish culture of the 1st Century, women were generally not allowed to testify in a court of law.
This fact makes the claims of the New Testament especially remarkable. All four of the New Testament Gospels are unanimous in their declaration that women were the first eyewitnesses to Jesus’ resurrection. Several of those women are mentioned by name: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, Salome and Joanna.
No one who wanted to invent a story about a resurrected rabbi would have said that women were the first eyewitnesses to the event! The only reason a 1st Century author would state such a thing is because that is what really happened.
The presence of the women on that Sunday morning nearly 2,000 years ago is just one of a number of things that bear witness to the reality of Jesus’ resurrection. His resurrection changed the world and has the power to change you and me forever. Check out a link below!
Abundant blessing!
Pastor Dodge
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