The lawyer stands up, presents the entire case… the who, the what, the why… all in one short statement. Now it is your turn to deliberate and come to a conclusion, a verdict. This is what John does for us today as we come to his final chapter. He has shared a lot with us […]
Today on Mother’s Day, we typically turn our attention to our mom’s love for us and our love for her. But what if our mom’s love was only the shadow of an even greater love? 1 John 4 tells us that God IS love. This is a powerful statement that not only helps us understand […]
You don’t just tune in to watch the game… you often find yourself turning on the sports channel an hour before the game to listen to all the pre-game discussion and team line ups. You want to know who is playing this week and what condition they are in. This is a good metaphor for […]
Driving down the interstate, you will encounter many signs designed to warn you of potential dangers ahead as well as guardrails to help keep you on the road. These things are for your safety and assistance to help get you to where you are going. Our spiritual journeys are much the same. God provides warning […]
How do we love God? It’s an easy expression to make… “I love God!”… but what does it look like, practically speaking, to love God? This is the topic John turns his attention to next as we continue in the book of 1 John. Let’s look at 3 ways to love God in our day […]
In the opening words to John’s first letter, he invites us to know and experience God has he has. He invites us into fellowship (friendship!) with God Himself. This is an attractive offer… to have God has your friend. Yet, John would also have us understand that this fellowship has implications for us and the […]
Today on Easter, we launch out in a new series exploring the words and experiences of the Apostle John. On Easter morning, he was one of the first to see the empty tomb and ponder the implications. He saw the Risen Savior that very night. He spent the rest of his life living out those […]
If asked, almost everyone would probably list “social gatherings” as one of their top items they are looking forward to in a post-COVID world. As followers of Jesus, as the church, we place value in gathering together. We are eager to resume our normal patterns of fellowship. Yet before the floodgates of social events open […]
We love to eat! (or at least most of us do) So the idea to go without eating for any length of time is one that we very quickly dismiss. What could possibly the purpose of going without food? Yet as we turn our attention to scripture, there seems to be a call to this […]
Today we turn our attention to the Spiritual Discipline of serving. Jesus sets the model for this discipline as He knelt to wash His disciple’s feet, yet the call goes much farther than an annual activity done by the church body. The call of Jesus to serve one another pernitrates every day and every moment […]