Do you ever feel like there’s someone you’re supposed to be, but you can never quite become that person? Why is that? And is there any hope of ever becoming that person? There is. This passage shows us how.

It’s common to think of Christianity as a colonialist instrument of oppression. But what if the gospel is the only thing in the world that can truly bring different cultures, nations, and people together in a unifying love that transforms the world?

We all long for love. We also long for truth. But is it possible to have both truth and love? Is it possible to love one another across our differences? And if so, can a letter like this possibly help us?

What does it mean to be born again? The term originates with Jesus, and it’s everywhere in the New Testament. But what does it mean, and why is it so important? This passage shows us.

We all experience moments of both doubt and belief, and we all experience moments of longing. But we wonder, “How can I trust anything, especially about spiritual reality?” In this passage, John helps us with our questions and our longings by pointing us to a testimony we can trust.

What if following Jesus in everything he said, especially the hardest things, is the way to a peace, a joy, and a fullness that nothing in this world can offer? That’s a big what if. But this passage shows us how.

Modern people struggle with the question: How can God be both a God of love and a God of judgment? This passage shows us that the presence of judgment doesn’t contradict love. The presence of judgment gives us a far deeper love.

Why do Christians have to say that Jesus is the only way to God? As problematic as that sounds, it raises the deeper question of the nature of spiritual reality. This is a question that matters for all of us. This passage shows us why.