For John’s Gospel, we are most godlike when, through trust in Jesus, we become God’s children and come to have eternal life (1:12). To put it another way, we are gods because we are God’s.

In Alexandria, there were very high-level schools where people claimed to have extraordinary access to wisdom. It was the Greek philosophers whom they studied and whom they thought of as truly wise.

Bible verse John 3:16 is the 'very reason' we celebrate Advent, says Virginia pastor. ... It was because of God’s "great love" that Jesus came to Earth for us "and died for us," he also said.

God’s perfect timing does two things: It grows our faith as we are forced to wait and trust in God and it makes certain that He, and He alone, gets the glory and praise for pulling us through.

All the peoples of the earth will benefit as the reign of God happens because we change our lives and follow Jesus. [Homily given at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Detroit.

He writes, “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1). The resorted relationship allows believers to be confident in their standing. Through the cross, Jesus ended the hostility ...

Jesus is the Word because through him all things are made,” says Jonathan, 8. “What he said became. Through the words of ...

Then on Easter Sunday we rejoice, because Jesus cleared away every barrier that would keep us from knowing and worshiping God. We will say to one another, “He is risen! He is risen indeed!” ...

It is the knowledge that we can be seen and known by God, and that we can see and know God. That we need him, but that also, in some essential way, he needs us. But the friendship Jesus speaks of ...