No answers, just questions. How do you evaluate whether or not the past year was a good one for you, personally? What are the indicators that would determine your conclusion? In looking at the year ahead, what great plans do you have? What areas of your life need improvement? Finally, did the condition of your spiritual life come up in either of those self-evaluations?

No answers, just questions. How do you evaluate whether or not the past year was a good one for you, personally? What are the indicators that would determine your conclusion? In looking at the year ahead, what great plans do you have? What areas of your life need improvement? Finally, did the condition of your spiritual life come up in either of those self-evaluations?

Is it proof or evidence that causes you to believe? To be honest, that’s a poorly worded question because it asks you to pick one or the other. Instead of picking one or the other, my answer would combine the two. What causes me to believe is that the object of my faith, Jesus Christ, proves himself through convincing evidence.

Is it proof or evidence that causes you to believe? To be honest, that’s a poorly worded question because it asks you to pick one or the other. Instead of picking one or the other, my answer would combine the two. What causes me to believe is that the object of my faith, Jesus Christ, proves himself through convincing evidence.

Sometimes we are unable to see and understand something, not because the truth is hidden, but rather because we are blind to the truth. Often, our prejudices and misconceptions blind us to what is right in front of us. Is there a solution to our dark and clouded vision? You bet there is!

Sometimes we are unable to see and understand something, not because the truth is hidden, but rather because we are blind to the truth. Often, our prejudices and misconceptions blind us to what is right in front of us. Is there a solution to our dark and clouded vision? You bet there is!

Jesus knows everything about us, the good as well as the bad. The great news is, in spite of that knowledge about us, He loves us anyway. To those who are searching, this can be a very powerful truth that causes us to believe that Jesus is who He claims to be. However, it does not mean that no action is needed on our part in response to that great love.

Jesus knows everything about us, the good as well as the bad. The great news is, in spite of that knowledge about us, He loves us anyway. To those who are searching, this can be a very powerful truth that causes us to believe that Jesus is who He claims to be. However, it does not mean that no action is needed on our part in response to that great love.

"Come and see" is a bold invitation to issue to a skeptical person. When you issue such an invitation, you had better be certain there is actually something of value to see once the person gets there. Otherwise, in addition to being embarrassing for you, the person is less likely to accept such invitations in the future. As a church, John's story of Philip and Nathaniel challenges us to consider if there is really anything here worth inviting people to see.

"Come and see" is a bold invitation to issue to a skeptical person. When you issue such an invitation, you had better be certain there is actually something of value to see once the person gets there. Otherwise, in addition to being embarrassing for you, the person is less likely to accept such invitations in the future. As a church, John's story of Philip and Nathaniel challenges us to consider if there is really anything here worth inviting people to see.