Tag: John
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Healing Requires Consent
There is an uncomfortable truth in trying to rescue people: not everyone wants to be rescued. There is a striking detail in the Gospel of John that is easy to skim over. Jesus approaches a man who has been disabled for 38 years, sitting by the Pool of Bethesda, and asks him a startling question:…
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When Your Strength Fails: The Danger of the “I’ve Got This” Faith
We’ve all made promises we were convinced we could keep. “I’ll never fall back into that habit.” “I’ll stand up for what’s right, no matter what it costs.” “I’m stronger than I used to be.” Few people in Scripture embody this high-octane, well-meaning confidence quite like Simon Peter. Hours before Jesus was arrested, Peter looked…
