In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:4-5 (ESV) Sometimes the most profound lessons in the Bible do not require the interpretation of a skilled expositor. The Gospel of John gives

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 14:11 (NIV, 1978) Perhaps it’s a lesson that we begin to learn as children. In the game of “Musical Chairs,” the winner is the one who has managed to end up finding a

Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV, 1978) We have very little personal information about Paul’s life outside of his time as a persecutor of the

“. . . God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” 1 Peter 5:5-6 (NIV, 1978) Years after her release from the Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie Ten Boom wrote her bestselling book, The

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in the while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:7-8 (ESV) The words of the beloved hymn, Amazing Grace, have confounded the

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20 (ESV) The verse above is often compared to Romans 8:28 where Paul tells his readers that “all things work for