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Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life
Post Series on 1 John 5:18-20: Jesus is the True God and...
The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One
Post Series on 1 John 5:18-20: The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1...
Greek in the Spread of Early Christianity
From Michael Green's classic Evangelism in the Early Church: The advantages for the Christian mission of having a common language can hardly be overestimated. It did away with the necessity for missionary language schools. Missionaries using it would incur none of the...
He Who Was Born of God Protects You from the Touch of the Evil One
Post Series on 1 John 5:18-20: He Who Was Born of God Protects You from the Touch of the Evil One (1 John 5:18) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1...
One-to-One Bible Reading
Preface: If you go to Redeemer Church in Lincoln, we have extra copies of this book that I want to give away. Please don't be shy--contact me, and I will get you a copy. I want this book to be a resource for evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training in our...
Praying for the Prodigal Brother
Post Series on 1 John 5:13-17: Praying for the Prodigal Brother (1 John...
Confidence in Our Eternal Life Results in Prayer
Post Series on 1 John 5:13-17: Confidence in Our Eternal Life Results in Prayer (1 John 5:14-15) Praying for the Prodigal Brother (1 John...
How Confident are You That You Have Eternal Life?
Post Series on 1 John 5:13-17: How Confident are You That You Have Eternal Life? (1 John 5:13) Praying for the Prodigal Brother (1 John...
Thoughts on the End of the World
Today is supposed to be the day that the world ends, according to self-appointed prophesy expert Harold Camping. Of course, Jesus was very explicit that no one would be able to do this in Matthew 24:36. (A local pastor, Stu Kerns, had a great interview on the radio on...
Whoever has the Son has Life
In God's grace, he has given us two witnesses that testify to the profoundly unique mystery of Jesus Christ's having come in the flesh: the water and the blood. At Jesus' baptism and at Jesus' cross, our Lord physically received the sacrament of baptism and he...
There are Three that Testify
Even though Christians experience a , being born of God himself, in order to believe, love, and obey, we must still wrestle for the rest of our lives with why we believe, love, and obey. Does our faith rest on some...
The Victory of Being Born of God
1 John 5:1-5 is the clearest, most concise summary of the theology of the entire letter: [5:1] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. [2] By this we know that we love...