Thanks for joining me for this reading from the Our Daily Bread Devotional.

I'm Bill Crowder, and I titled it, Information and Evidence.

When Doris Kearn's Good One decided to write a book about Abraham Lincoln,

the fact that some 14,000 books had already been written about America's 16th president intimidated her.

What could be left to say about this beloved leader?

Undeterred, Goodwin's work resulted in a team of rivals, the political genius of Abraham Lincoln.

Her fresh insights on Lincoln's leadership style became a top-rated and top-reviewed book.

The Apostle John faced a different challenge as he wrote his account of the ministry and passion of Jesus.

The final verse of John's Gospel says,

Jesus did many other things as well.

If every one of them were written down,

I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

John had more material than he could possibly use.

So John's strategy was to focus on only a few selected

miracles or signs that supported Jesus' I-Am claims throughout his account. Yet behind this

strategy was this eternal purpose. These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the

Messiah, the Son of God,

and that by believing you may have life in his name, John chapter 20, verse 31.

Out of the mountains of evidence, John provided plenty of reasons to believe in Jesus.

Who can you tell about him today?

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from John chapter 20, verses 26 through 31.

A week later, his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.

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