1 John
1 John 2:7-11
John is trying to rebuke his audience for harboring hatred towards one another, approaching it in the same way as unrepentant sin in the last chapter. According to what he knows about God’s will and Read more…
John is trying to rebuke his audience for harboring hatred towards one another, approaching it in the same way as unrepentant sin in the last chapter. According to what he knows about God’s will and Read more…
Now that I’ve been going through 1 John for a while, I believe it is necessary to pause and consider the historical context of his readers and the logical relationship between indicatives and imperatives in Read more…
Have you noticed the unity agenda? I’d be surprised if you said no, because it is a popular idea in secular and non-secular circles. Unfortunately, the term is a bit ambiguous like all other widely Read more…
Sin so easily blinds me Exchanging the truth for a lie It wraps around my heart and binds me Cast into utter darkness Into a pit of despair The more I struggle for freedom, the Read more…
Changes. There are few things in life that remain exactly as they were. That moment when the sunset reflects perfectly off the water, casting an image so spectacular that it seems as though time Read more…
Imagine a man coming to you and posing the question, “why should I get to know my wife better? Why help out with the kids? What is so special about date night anyway? We are Read more…
We are in a lifelong war, we who have heard Christ’s teachings, experienced his love, and come to know God the Father. And the war rages on two fronts: making the simple choice to follow Read more…
In these verses John provides the practical conclusion of his light and dark metaphor from the preceding verses. He is arguing that a follower of Christ must be honest about their sin and reminds them Read more…
What do you immediately think of when you hear, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all?” (1 John 1:5, ESV). I think of a partially cloudy day with fast moving clouds Read more…
Can you imagine what it would have been like to hear and see the parable of the sower, or the high priestly prayer, come out of Jesus’ own lips? He, the God-man, the living and Read more…