John 3

What has always interested me about the John 3:16 signs is the singular focus.

When John 3 came up I used to preach on the dangers of fixating on one verse. Now I cringe at that memory.

What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.

Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.

Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.

The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.

The Bible provided some healthy agitation as we built coalitions to literally set the captives free.

Defining the Trinity is absurd.

When words fail, the church sings—especially on Trinity Sunday.

“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”

“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”

I have a complicated relationship with John 3:16.

I have a complicated relationship with John 3:16.

Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?

As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith. 

As we spin through our to-do lists, we can lose sight of our spot that orients our life: our faith. 

Like Nicodemus, Kanye shows that the Spirit blows where it chooses.

Nicodemus’s problem is the power of evil, and he can’t find his own way out of it.

John 3:16 is about crisis, but not the crisis of God brooding in heaven waiting on us to make a choice.

John 3:16 is about crisis, but not the crisis of God brooding in heaven waiting on us to make a choice.