Through the Bible in 66 Days - John

 

John wrote his Gospel as an older man looking back over a lifetime of walking with the Lord Jesus. He wasn’t guessing. He wasn’t repeating rumours. He was an eyewitness. He had seen the miracles, heard the teaching, watched the crowds react, and stood at the foot of the cross. And now, near the end of his life, he tells us why he wrote it all down:

“These are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you might have life through His name.” (John 20:31)

That is the heartbeat of the whole book. John wants you to know who Jesus really is and to have eternal life.

Seven Signs That Point to Jesus as the Son of God

John chooses seven signs—seven miracles—to prove that Jesus is not just a good teacher or a kind healer, but God Himself. Each sign is like a spotlight showing His power:

• Turning water into wine (John 2)

• Healing the nobleman’s son (John 4)

• Healing the lame man at Bethesda (John 5)

• Feeding the five thousand (John 6)

• Walking on water (John 6)

• Giving sight to the man born blind (John 9)

• Raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11)

These aren’t random acts of kindness. They are deliberate signs showing that Jesus has the power of God—power over sickness, nature, blindness, and even death.

Through the Bible in 66 Days - Luke

Luke’s Gospel opens with a doctor’s precision. He tells his friend Theophilus that he has carefully investigated everything about Jesus so that he can present an orderly, reliable account of the things Christians are certain about. Luke wants us to know that the Gospel is not a collection of nice ideas — it is history, truth, and fact.

Luke himself was not a Jew. He writes as an outsider, someone who understands what it feels like to be on the edge. And that is exactly why his Gospel is so precious. He shows us the Lord Jesus moving toward the people everyone else avoided — outcasts, foreigners, enslaved people, sinners, the poor, the broken, and especially women who were often overlooked in that culture. Luke shows us that Jesus sees, values, and welcomes every person.

Jesus — The Perfect Man

The Greeks admired the idea of the “perfect man” — wise, noble, balanced, compassionate, strong. Luke shows that Jesus surpasses every ideal they ever imagined. He is God in human flesh, living among us with perfect kindness, perfect purity, and perfect love.

Through the Bible in 66 Days - Mark

 

The Gospel of Mark is the shortest, sharpest and most fast‑moving account of the life of the Lord Jesus. It doesn't ease the reader in gently. It launches straight into action. From the opening paragraphs, Mark bounces from scene to scene, miracle to miracle, showing that Jesus has complete authority over sickness, evil spirits, nature, and even death itself. Nothing is wasted. Every episode is chosen to reveal that Jesus acts with the power of God.

Many believe Mark drew heavily on Peter's firsthand memories — the fisherman with the big personality and the bold voice. You can feel that energy in the writing. It is vivid, urgent, and full of movement. Mark is a master storyteller, stitching one event to the next so that you barely catch your breath. His aim is clear: to show that Jesus is God's promised one, full of divine authority, yet also the humblest Servant who ever lived.

A Gospel for Busy Romans — and for Us

Mark's main audience was Roman readers — people who admired strength, decisiveness, and leadership. But they also knew that the greatest leaders were those who served others. So Mark presents the Lord Jesus as the perfect Servant‑King. He has all authority, yet He stoops to help the weak, touch the untouchable, and teach the crowds with compassion.

Are you afraid of growing old?

 

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We know that life is constantly changing and that nothing lasts forever. In many ways, this is a harsh and sad reality. Most of us find it hard to accept that we will grow old, that loved ones will pass on, and that children will grow up and leave home. You know the types of things that I am talking about. Sad but true!

Please read on, as I have good news for you. The Bible teaches that God made us with an eternal soul. The soul is the real person, the real you. Although the body stops living upon our physical death, the soul lives on. Many people don't believe this anymore. The late Stephen Hawking, a British Physicist and author, dismissed the notion of an afterlife. He once said 'I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers. That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark'. 

This argument sounds very feasible, especially when proposed by such an intelligent man. However, it ignores that we are not just biological computers. It ignores man's consciousness, which the best of brains have grappled with but have to admit is beyond their explanation. Consciousness cannot be defined in purely physiological terms. Add to this the evidence for the supernatural and the spiritual, and you have many questions that we will struggle to answer unaided.

 

Let me remind you of the book, which has for generations provided answers that could not find their source solely in the mind of a human being - the Bible. It is easy to dismiss the Bible as purely the writings of men, but that would not be doing justice to its information, origins and the consistency of its message. The Bible has an inbuilt prediction and fulfilment testing system, which either stands or falls on the substantive evidence of archaeology, science, history, geography and social development. There have been no developments to date in any of these disciplines which have produced evidence that undermines the truthfulness and integrity of the Bible.

If all of this is true, may I suggest we pay more attention to what the Bible teaches about life, death, the afterlife, God, etc.? For example, one of the books of the Bible (John's gospel) explicitly states that it was written 'that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that believing you might have life through his name'. 

I pray that this will be the outcome if you read the Bible for yourself.

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