In excess life, Jefferson Vann examines Jesus promise to give his sheep excess life (John 10:10). He challenges some of the popular applications of this verse.John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in excess.Jesus had described himself as the bread of life,¹ and the giver of the water of life.² … [Read more...]
remembering the price of sin
Jefferson Vann shares a devotional thought from Psalm 38:1-2Psalm 38:1-2Psalm 38:1¹ Yahveh, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrathPsalm 38:2 because your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.remembering the price of sinThe psalmist focuses on life at its lowest here. Everything is going wrong. He is a believer … [Read more...]
life from above
Jefferson Vann reflects on the significance of Jesus’ statement in John 8:12. This is the 8th in a series of articles tracing the promise of resurrection life in John’s Gospel. life from above The Gospel of John is the most thematic of all the canonical Gospels. The narrative is tied together by evidences that Jesus is God’s solution to the problems of human lostness and … [Read more...]
not be there
Jefferson Vann shares a devotional thought about Psalm 37:10-11Psalm 37:10-11Psalm 37:10 A little while, and the wicked person will be no more; though you look out for him, he will not be there.Psalm 37:11 But the humble will inherit the land and will enjoy abundant prosperity.not be there The Bible nowhere promises the wicked an eternal life. Nor does it … [Read more...]
How hell will really glorify God
In How hell will really glorify God, Jefferson Vann responds to the idea that a perpetual hell best demonstrates God’s holiness.A few years ago, Canadian pastor Tim Challies wrote a series of articles in which he argued that hell has to be perpetual. He asserted that “hell exists because God is holy–that hell must exist because God must be holy.”1 For Challies, God’s … [Read more...]