Auto-Bible-ography

“ . . . and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”  John 8:32  NASB Truth – It’s time to write your autobiography.  Well, no, not really.  Did you ever think about the illogical assumptions of an autobiography.  First, of course, is the fact that the real meaning of a life can’t…

Personal Context

“and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”  John 8:32 NASB Know the truth – It seems that every once in awhile we need to review our investigative methods.  We need to take a step back and ask ourselves if the way we go about examining the Scriptures leads us to a place…

Getting It Right

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. John 8:32 NASB Know – The Greek verb, ginosko, is frequent and clear. It describes comprehension that results from examining objects with every human mode of knowing. This means using logic, the senses, investigation, sorting the evidence and verifying conclusions. In Greek…

Who Is Free? (1)

“If you abide in My word, you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32 Free – Which man is free – the one who exercises liberty to act as he wishes or the one who submits to moral precepts?  The question is…

Truth

“and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”  John 8:32 Truth – Discipleship and dependence.  That’s the truth about freedom.  In the last two days we discovered that this great verse is the extension of obeying the teaching of Jesus.  We also found out that freedom is about serving a…

Free

“and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”  John 8:32 Free – The New Testament might have been written in Greek but it is not Greek in its thought patterns.  When it comes to “freedom”, the New Testament is miles away from our current cultural thinking about “freedom”.  We are…

And

“and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”  John 8:32 And – Do you know what a “sound byte” is?  It’s that 15 seconds of news where you hear someone say something relevant.  But have you ever noticed that the sound byte usually begins in the middle of someone’s speech…