Read: 1 John 2:12-14Review: Grandpas dozing off after a last nibble of cake, dads extolling the virtues of working hard and saving harder, college students home from break but terrified for the future...  Read More

Read: 1 John 2:9-11Review: Earthly families form through marriages and children. People also experience family-like connections by sharing common interests. For example, in Las Vegas, the cast of any ...  Read More

Read: 1 John 2:7-8Review: In this passage, John uses the same language he used to begin his version of Jesus’s life on this earth, “In the beginning was the Word”.  Then, when referring to the previou...  Read More

Read: 1 John 2:5-6Review: Doing what God said we should do is how we know we are spiritually maturing. We know we are maturing when we live as Jesus lived. How did Jesus live? He lived a life of love....  Read More

Read: 1 John 2:3-4Review: What is the difference and test between a real Christian and one who is a liar? Is knowing God simplybased on some mystical experience as many in John's churches claimed, or ...  Read More

Read: 1 John 2:1-2Review: While driving 70mph down Horizon Ridge Parkway, I’m pulled over for felony speeding.  At my hearing, I’m stunned to see my father sitting on the bench as judge! I am appointe...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:8-10Review: John gives us statements that all have to do with our sin, each starting with the same two words: “if we”.   John is reviewing the message that he has been teaching them fro...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:6-7Review: Part of my job is managing ACC’s calendar - yet this happened: I scheduled myself to be in two places at once. Impossible. I had to choose.1 John’s recipients were claiming t...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:5Review: When our children were very young, we would pray over them at bedtime, tucking them in with comforting words so they wouldn’t be afraid of the dark.  Even though they had been ...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:1-4Review: It isn’t surprising that many people doubt that Jesus was real, lived a perfect life, was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead. Many people are like Thomas, aka, doubtin...  Read More

Being loved, or rather allowing myself to be loved, tends to feel like a far more challenging thing than it should be.  Especially when it comes to God's love.As far back as I can remember, I was alwa...  Read More

Grace is a disposition. A noun, not a verb.  A way of living that guides what you are going to do, not what was done to you or for you.  Being gracious means you reluctantly see a sin, and rather than...  Read More