This book discusses one of the most important set of verses in one of the most important chapters in one of the most important books of the Bible. The whole theology about being born again is based upon a conversation that had happened between Jesus and a Pharisee named Nicodemus. From that conversation, one can easily see the analogy between the serpent on a brass pole in the Old Testament and Jesus on the cross at Calvary. That analogy makes it clear that Jesus is the only way of salvation. People may try whatever they like. But no one comes to the Father except by the Son. John 14:6 says,...

When this book was begun in late November 2013, the intent had been to write a commentary on chapter five of the Apostle Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus. However, about fifty pages into that endeavor, it had become very clear that the book was not going in that direction. For one thing, his letter to that church had not even been mentioned in those pages. For another, the focus up to that point had mostly been on Paul's missionary journeys. The reason for those problems was that the original intent had been to put his letter to the church into the context of his journeys. But there had...