24-1110: Christ-followers testify of God’s love to the world by our love for one another. As John writes to late First-Century Christians, he teaches them of the full impact of God’s love. And his rationale is clear. If God is love, and He is, then when we know God it will be most accurately...
24-1103: Christ-followers live by Holy Spirit discernment to walk in the light of God’s truth. There are so many messages in this world that confuse and create chaos. How is it that one navigates to follow the Lord in the midst of so many sources trying to distract and deter from faithfulness. At some...
24-1027: Love from God gives life that becomes life-giving as we love one another. Once John establishes the character of God as the foundation of our understanding for Him, and that our relationship with Him is due to His love for us to make us His children, he moves to the next aspect of...
24-1020: Children of God live to consume their life with more of Jesus, so more Jesus comes through their life. With the understanding that many antichrists are already active in the world, it is important for Christians to understand how they can live faithfully now. And what does John recommend? He repeated his exhortation...
In case you have not yet heard, it was announced today that I have recently accepted a position with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to become their Vice President for Institutional Advancement. You can read the whole news release here. My principal role will be to build a strong network of relationships with pastors, churches,...
24-1013: Abiding in Jesus Christ guards one against deception to remain faithful and live ready for His return. John begins this passage by stating that many antichrists are already here, many who want to be like the Antichrist, who actively serve in the same spirit. And this is how we know we live in...
24-1006: Abiding in God’s love empowers one to truly walk in His light. John continues to show Christians how God intends for us to walk in His light as we are completely immersed in His love. This has been God’s design from the very beginning, because, as John later states, God is love. But...
24-0929: Real Christ-followers live by faith in the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to walk as he walked. John writes his letter out of a deep abiding with the Lord Jesus and from a deep affection for His followers, to remind them that the foundation for all his message is the unending,...
24-0922: Christians live in fellowship with God when we walk in the light of His righteousness. After John opens his letter by introducing life with God as fellowship, he then moves to provide greater clarity about what fellowship really means. He begins with the truth that God is light. Then, he shows how we...
24-0915: The essence of the Christian life is one of fellowship with God through Jesus Christ. The letter of First John opens in a unique manner characteristic of the Apostle John’s writing. In his introduction he reveals how we have life with God, and how real and eternal this life truly is because the...