Berry’s story is about the deep workings of the human heart, with all of its hopes, dreams, pleasures, disappointments, and sufferings.

No Greater Love John 15:9–17 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 It may not happen often, but sometimes one human being will voluntarily die for another; still, this gift never equals or even parallels Jesus’s sacrifice. We see this when we reflect on…

The study committee on Christian Nationalism has two recommendations for the 53rd General Assembly in their partial report.

The Holy Spirit as Teacher John 14:15–27 The Holy Spirit . . . will teach . . . and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26 The Lord’s emphasis on remembering teaches us two separate truths. First, it teaches us that the wisdom of God is not a new thing. It is that…

A beauty, a manifestation of profound truth, emerges through the tedious repetitions in this book.

I Am the Life John 14:1–14 I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  John 14:6 The third part of Christ’s claim in this verse is to be “the life”—for all who believe on him, the emancipator from death. According to Scripture, the natural man is spiritually dead. But Christ can make such…

The New Commandment John 13:31–38 Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. John 13:34 Jesus is himself our example as we obey his command to love one another. It is not just that we are to love. It is that we are to love as he loved us. His…

The chairman of the study committee provides an update on the status of their work.

In many ways, the book is less a story and more a long pastoral letter.

Love to the End John 13:1–17 He now showed them the full extent of his love. John 13:1 (NIV) What do we know about the love of God the Father and of the Lord Jesus Christ in the past? First, we can see the love of God in the creation of ourselves to an existence…