The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. (John 1:5, NIV) She hurled her words from her square olive-skin face, framed in a straight, no-nonsense haircut, her large black eyes piercing each listener. A former Marxist activist, she had been a hater of Christian America, well schooled in socialistic literature, …
“When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” (Mark 15:39, NASB). Darkness at midday, a shattering earthquake, uncanny words from the Man on the middle cross audibly committing His life to His Father—“They had it …
“In him was life, and that life was the light of men” (John 1:4, NIV). DARKNESS. Deep below the earth’s surface, lights went out as the tour guide in Carlsbad Caverns reminded us: this is total blackout. With no speck of light anywhere, all sense of direction was lost. It echoed the opening words of …
