Well, let me invite you to turn in your Bibles, this morning to John chapter 3. John chapter 3, we are going to be looking at John 3:16 this morning. how many of you have heard of John 3:16? Raise your hand.
OK, most of you. John 3:16 is, I think, by anyone's account, is one of the most famous verses, if not the most famous verse in the Bible. It is at the very least, the most memorized verse in the Bible, right? How many of you have John 3:16 memorized?
OK. one writer has said all great men have their favorite texts of scripture. John 3:16 is everyone's text. You hear this verse quoted, perhaps more than any other.
You see the reference perhaps more than any other. Just this week, I was watching the debate with Ken Ham and Bill Nye the Science Guy. And during Ken Ham's presentation at one point, he quoted from John 3:16. On Friday, I attended an internment or gravesite service for our brother Chuck Stevekin, and Alvin Davis, one of our elders, officiated that....