August 2010 – 300 words a day

Way.

Some of you have been scratching your heads since yesterday. I started talking about Jesus’ statement from John 14: “I am the way and the truth and the life.” I told a story about a woman and a ladder. What does that story have to do with the claim that Jesus is making? Here’s the […]

by Jon Swanson

come and talk to me

In John 14, Jesus sounds exclusive: “I am the way and the truth and the life.” It is a difficult text for many people. Maybe you. I could skip it, but I want to explore around it a bit. To start, a story. I was taking pictures of a crowd in a store. I wanted […]

by Jon Swanson

in praise of staying put

I love Don Miller. He inspires and challenges me (even when we don’t agree). Of course, that makes it sound like we’ve talked. We haven’t. I’ve read. The other day, I was thinking about interviewing hm, about questions I would ask him if I had the opportunity. I was thinking about the new things he […]

by Jon Swanson

Waiting for mansions

In the King James version of John 14, Jesus says, “In my Father’s house are many mansions.” Many people have read that and thought, “Sweet. I’m gonna get me a mansion. I’ll be living good then, after I’m dead, in heaven.” Somehow, I’m thinking that Jesus wasn’t thinking about heaven being a place where everyone […]

by Jon Swanson

Across chapter lines

Many Bible reading plans have people read a certain number of chapters each day. If you were doing that kind of plan, and the dividing line came at the end of John 13, on one day you would read about Jesus’ prediction that Peter would deny him three times. And you would lay your Bible […]