07 1John 3:13-24 Love and Hate

07 1John 3:13-24 Love and Hate

How can John say that love is a mark of believers and hate is a mark of non-believers when we know believers who struggle with hate and non-believers who genuinely love others?

06 1 John 2:29-3:12 Practicing Righteousness

06 1 John 2:29-3:12 Practicing Righteousness

No true believer is committed to sin as a lifestyle because God plants in believers a longing for holiness and righteousness which opposes any tendency to rebel. Believers no longer remain committed to a lifestyle of sin.

February 2019 Recap

February 2019 Recap

Your response to my request to break 100,000 downloads has been overwhelming (103,493 downloads and counting)! If this rate continues, we’ll average over 3000 listeners per month! That’s the equivalent of offering the in-person study 3 times every day. I am grateful and I hope you are enjoying the 11-week series on 1 John we started in February.

03 1John 2:1-11 Abide in Christ

03 1John 2:1-11 Abide in Christ

How should we handle theological disagreements among believers? What issues are so critically important that we should draw a line? And, on what issues should we agree to disagree? John gives us a place to draw the line.

02 1 John 1:5-10 God is Light

02 1 John 1:5-10 God is Light

John begins his summary of the true gospel by saying God is the source of and all life, salvation and holiness. Therefore those who are trust Him will have lives marked by a concern for goodness and a pursuit of righteousness.

01 1 John 1:1-4 The Word of Life

01 1 John 1:1-4 The Word of Life

Of all the competing voices out there, how do you know which one is right? Which one is worth listening to? And which ones carry more weight than the others? Who you listen to and why is a major theme of the letter of 1 John. John wrote this letter teach his readers to recognize the difference between the true gospel and false gospels and between true teachers and false teachers.