Coca-Cola use the slogan 'it's the real thing' to market their soft drink: John is adamant that God is the 'real thing.'  At the end of his first epistle, he writes 'We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who...

John's first letter was written, it seems, to counter some of the heresies faced by the early Christians and not surprisingly, therefore, the final verses look at knowing Him who is true and keeping ourselves from idols. (1 John 5:18-21) The false teachers mentioned...

John's Gospel does not contain the Nativity narratives found in Luke and Matthew, but does focus on Jesus as the Word of God and the Creator of everything. In the first chapter, we read 'The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.' (John...