John says to us this week in 1st John 3, that “This is His COMMANDMENT, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.” How interesting that what appear to be two commands are referred to by John in the singular [...]
The fight that you and I are in as Christians, is not that we might destroy the works of the devil, for Jesus has already done so. The fight that you and I are in together, is to come to a greater understanding and appreciation of what John calls the completely foreign, [...]
John teaches newer believers of the dangers of false teaching. For unbelievers, if you have the wrong Jesus, you will not have salvation. For Christians, false teaching has a whole other set of traps for the believer, the principle effects of which cause a believer to think more of themselves than they [...]
In Chapter 2 of 1st John, John tells the Church that if they love the world, the love of the Father is not in them. Now historically, the Church has pushed back against worldliness by trying to create religious rules: Don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t chew – and don’t go with girls [...]
If your young son is heading off to war, and he says to you as he’s ready to leave “Well I sure hope I don’t get shot very often.” You as a Father are going to say “No Son. That’s not the target. My desire is that you don’t get shot at [...]
What would it be like to have the last Apostle alive, the author of the Gospel of John, a man who began following Jesus as a teenager and now the last man standing at 85 years of age - what would it be like to have this man with his wealth and [...]
Join us for our final study in the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus opens up the disciples minds to the Scriptures, and gives them the promise of the empowering of the Holy Spirit to come. Download Study Guide Download MP3 Podcast
In chapter 24 we find 2 unknown disciples on the road to Emmaus, and they are confused and distressed and just filled with doubt... Not because they rejected the Scriptures, not because they never read the Scriptures, and not because they didn’t believe the Scriptures – BUT ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, it’s [...]
There is nothing more theologically important for the believer, than to be grounded and anchored in the reality of the resurrection. And there is nothing more important for the unbeliever, than to make an honest examination of the evidence supporting the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. This week in the first part [...]
