Over the last seven issues we have been looking at the I AM statements of Christ as they are found in John’s Gospel. Each time we have looked at a new one, we learned not only something about Christ and his person and work, and about God and what he is doing, but also about […]

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” – John 14:6 There are some human emotions which are easily and universally experienced. One of these is fear. There are things in our lives that can be a little bit scary. Children are often more […]

Psalm 137 begins, “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept.” In 586 B.C. the southern kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity by Babylon. The Israelites were living as foreigners in a beautiful city; yet, they wept, for they were not home. The Psalmist writes that they sat and wept when they remembered […]

Psalm 99 There is a theme that runs through­out the entire Bible. It is evident in the creation of the world, in the calling of Abraham, the giving of the law, the sacrificial system, the tent of meeting, tabernacle and temple. It is evident with the death of Achan when he disobeyed the Lord and […]

This is an amended version of a paper I wrote as a student at Mid America Reformed Seminary for a Denominational History class with Dr. C. Venema. Introduction Generation after generation of Reformed Christians has had to defend their Christian schools. The influences and mentality over the last twelve decades or so of Christian education […]

We are up to our fourth of seven meditations on the seven “I am” statements of Christ in the Gospel of John. In each of these statements, our Lord reveals something about Himself. He has referred to Himself as bread (John 6:35), light (John 8:12), and a gate or door (John 10:7). In each of […]

We continue our study of the seven “I Am” statements of Christ. We have seen that He is the bread of life, the light of the world, and now the gate for the sheep. As we think about sheep, there are likely a number of different images that come to mind, but much of the […]

Synod Dunnville of the CanRC convened on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in the Dunnville Canadian Reformed Church in southern Ontario. I, along with Revs. John Bouwers and William Van Hal, were fraternal delegates from the URCNA. We took turns, with some overlap of our time at synod. The evening before the convening of synod there […]

This is the second devotional on the “I am” series of statements of Christ found in John’s Gospel. Read John 8:12–20 prayerfully and then keep your Bibles open. The statement of our Savior focuses upon light. Light extinguishes darkness. As we come to our passage, we are reminded that by nature humans are in darkness. […]

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” —John 6:35 Our focus in this series will be on the seven “I Am” statements taken from the Gospel of John. In each of the statements, we learn […]