Exiles—a title with negative connotations except when anchored in the past and future promises of God—is a reality we must wholeheartedly embrace if we are to endure our sojourning in this world and through this present age of darkness with the joy of the Lord and overflowing hope.

This Sunday, Tsidkenou guides us through John chapters 10, 20, and 21. In these chapters, Jesus reveals Himself to various groups. Among them, we will focus on His disciples, examining the impact of Jesus confirming who He was and the examples He set.

Our hope is that the “I Am” declarations of our Lord, along with the exemplary life He lived, will produce an abiding strength throughout our pilgrimage. Though we are not of this world and are called to live out the purposes of God amid the troubles Christ promised would come in this age, knowing the One wh ...