Theme:  Everyone needs someone who will speak the truth, be the “voice of God.”
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  John repeatedly emphasizes that Jesus was “sent from God.” We will hear that the word, “apostles,” means to be “sent” and Christians are to be “sent from God into the [...]

 
A word that has been increasingly familiar in our American vocabulary is the word, “counselor.” We are all acquainted with counselors and counseling. The position of counselor is a very familiar occupation in our society. In the yellow page of a telephone book, you can find marriage counselors, wedding counselors, guidance counselors, drug counselors, [...]

  “In this passage we clearly hear two wonderful promises of Jesus. And the promises of Jesus are the promises of God, and the promises of God are the promises of Jesus, for Jesus and God are one and the same.
Jesus makes two wonderful promises: 
(1) “I am going to prepare a living space [...]

  Theme:  Jesus is the Gate
“To understand the Biblical parable of the sheep and the gate, it is helpful to trace our steps back two thousand years into the time of Christ, to the time of sheep, shepherds and watering holes.
During the time of Jesus in the land of Palestine, during the evening, the shepherds [...]