Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
This is the fourth of five posts about the use of “believe” in John’s gospel. Jesus, before his crucifixion, called on his eleven disciples to be braced for what was coming. “Let not your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me” [John 14:1]. To believe in one is to believe in …
Read More Jesus on Believing, 4 of 5In this, the third of five posts on believing in John’s gospel, we turn to Jesus healing the blind beggar in chapter nine. The blind man lacked any sense of meaningful life until he met Jesus. After being born blind he was relegated to social invisibility—left to exist through pity. He still had parents but …
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