Abiding in Christ
A Word for Today | John 15:4-9 Jesus’ parable of the vine consisted of three parts, the first two speaking of what God and Christ have provided: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser” (Jn. 15:1). This states that Jesus is our source of life and that the Father tends and […]
The Vine and the Vinedresser
A Word for Today | John 15:1-4 From 1958 to 1978, Samuel Lamb was imprisoned with hard labor for preaching the gospel in China. Lamb spent these twenty years, during which he had no contact with his wife and family (his wife and father died before his release) and despite increasingly poor health, praying for […]
The First Century
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
A Word for Today | John 14:6 In an age that values tolerance above all virtues, Christianity is seen as the ultimate intolerant religion. According to the New Testament, the source of this intolerance is not the orneriness of Christians but rather the exclusive claims of Christ Himself. More clearly than anywhere else, Jesus said: […]
In My Father’s House
A Word for Today | John 14:2 One of the reasons that Christians think so seldom about heaven is that many do not understand the Bible’s teaching about it. On the night before His arrest, Jesus made one of the greatest statements about heaven, saying, “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were […]
