Author: David Ellis

Don: What was Jesus trying to help us understand when he talked about the need to be childlike? Like the sinners, tax collectors, women, gentiles, and Samaritans with whom Jesus associated, children were held in low regard by society at that time and as little more than a nuisance—even by the disciples: Then some children…

Don: Jesus’ statement: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6) was a mission statement. It is an overarching affirmation of the Trinitarian God: God the Father, who is embodied by the Truth; God the Holy Spirit, which is the Way; and…

Don: Jesus expanded on the concept that the big T Truth is to be found in him (“I am the way, the truth, and the life”) when he said: “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.”…

Don: The story of the adulteress was a trial not just of the woman, who represents all of us sinners, but also of the Mosaic law, which represents “small t truth.” Jesus addressed the woman’s case directly, but he addressed the issue of the law only indirectly, by trumping it with grace. This is the…

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You…

Don: The Truth personified in Jesus is a living, vital, transforming Truth: So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is…

Don: Jesus said: “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;…” (John 5:39) This tells us that the passion and the quest for truth about God is really a request for eternal life. This helps explain the radical nature of the pursuit—and…

Don: What we have been discussing is not just any truth, not scientific truth. We have been and are discussing specifically the truth about God. Why does Wo/Man have such an insatiable desire to pursue this truth, often with extreme and violent reaction? Why do we need to find God? It seems self-evident that there…

Don: We usually think of the truth as being a principle, idea, set of beliefs, or dataset of empirical information—some thing that corresponds to some reality. We don’t think of it as being some body. Jesus said that the Spirit of Truth is “He,” and that He will liberate you from something and sanctify you…