God in the Shark Tank
You plunge headfirst into a tank of ice-cold water. Disoriented, you flail underwater until you finally manage to upright yourself and open your eyes. The first thing you see is a great white shark racing toward you, fins angled back, razor-sharp teeth glimmering. We’ve all seen enough movies to know what happens next in this […]
God’s Purpose in Incarnation and Redemption—John 1
II. God’s Purpose in Incarnation and Redemption And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality. —John 1:14 Before God could accomplish His purpose, man fell and became lost in sin. Because God loved man and […]
God’s Purpose in Creation—John 1
I. God’s Purpose in Creation In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… all things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not one thing came into being which has come into being. —John 1:1, 3 The Gospel of John begins with the same […]