HILLFAITH STUDIES
Martin Gurri, in his “Truth and Its Consequences”1, argues that, “Truth, for the human animal, is always partial, temporary, and local.” While he recognizes our general belief that “Truth – complete accordance with reality – must be one and eternal,” he concludes that, for us, it is not. Citing Plato’s Ideals, Popper and Kuhn and…
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Thomas, the disciple of Jesus Christ known as “Doubting Thomas,” may not seem like somebody with anything important to tell us today, two millennia after the scene described in John 20:24-29. But in fact there is a crucial detail described in just three words that tells us how the Lord Jesus used Thomas to illustrate…
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All four of the New Testament gospels report that, when the women who were the first to visit the tomb of Jesus on the third day following His death and burial, arrived there, they found it empty and wide open. When John and Peter subsequently ran to the tomb, they also found it empty. So…
Read More“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser … I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:1,5 One of the most familiar maxims about living and…
Read More“Jesus said to him: ‘I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father except through me.’” – John 14:6 When Jesus tells His disciples that He “is the way and the truth and the life,” He is literally only hours away from His arrest, multiple trials, crucifixion and…
Read MoreWhoa! Now Jesus, with His claim to be “the Resurrection and the Life,” is getting down to the basic issue facing every human being who has ever or will ever be born — What happens after your body dies? Here’s the passage, John 11:25-26: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever…
Read MoreWhen Jesus repeats something about Himself in the Gospels, it’s an indication that we should pay particular attention to whatever He says. John 10:11 and 14 are a beautiful illustration of the loving way Jesus views His followers. Here’s the complete passage, which encompasses verses 11 to 15: “I am the good shepherd. The good…
Read MoreIt is difficult to conceive of a more comprehensive claim that Jesus could make in describing Himself than what He says at John 8:12 and John 9:5, respectively: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of…
Read MoreDo you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
Read MoreJesus is the bread of life. His first “I Am” claim comes at John 6:35 when he tells a large crowd “… I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” Jesus is claiming nothing less than to be absolutely essential to life.…
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