First Year, First Term, First Lesson… When I first started out as a high school teacher, the very first lesson with any new class coming in from primary school involved the kids writing out the rules for these lessons. They included things like not talking out of turn, respecting other pupils’ viewpoints, and remembering homework….
JOHN 15 PART 3 Verses 1-11 dealt with the disciples’ relationship with Jesus. Verses 12-17 incorporated into that connection the relationships disciples should have with one another. Verses 18-27 address the disciples’ place in the world. These three sections are progressive. We start with our relationship with Jesus. Everything starts there. He is the…
I’m not perfect! People who know me can vouch for it! In fact, very often we all use this universally agreed fact that we are not perfect – we can even use it in an argument with someone or as a defence – I’m only human! The problem is, it’s not always a good enough…
John 15 Verses 1-11 dealt with the disciples’ relationship with Jesus. Verses 12-17 will incorporate into that connection the relationships disciples should have with one another. 12 My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. It’s agape love here – the deepest, richest, most sacrificial love imaginable – a love…
“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:14) “37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come…