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2 John: In Jesus, Truth Wins Too

Yesterday, we looked at the demands that Love places on her counterpart Truth, according to John’s Second Letter. Ultimate Love and Ultimate Truth is a person whom we call Jesus. Though he is God, he loved his people so much that he submitted to death on a cross...

2 John: Loving One Another in Truth

At first glance, 2 John might seem to be warmed-over leftovers from 1 John, but appearances are very deceiving in this case. In John’s First Letter, he had addressed three major themes: Regeneration, Truth, and Love. John’s Second Letter is vital to the...

Jesus Christ, Stumbling Block to the Jew

So central was this emphasis on the Messiahship of Jesus that within a few years ‘Christ’ (the Greek for Messiah) had ceased to designate Jesus’s function and had come to be a sort of surname. Now all this was peculiarly offensive to the Jew. It was...

Little children, keep yourselves from idols

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) The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1 John 5:20) Little children, keep yourselves from...

Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life

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) The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1 John 5:20) Little children, keep yourselves from...

The Whole World Lies in the Power 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) The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1 John 5:20) Little children, keep yourselves from...

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...

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) The Whole World Lies in the Power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19) Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life (1 John 5:20) Little children, keep yourselves from...

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...

Praying for the Prodigal Brother

Post Series on 1 John 5:13-17: How Confident are You That You Have Eternal Life? (1 John 5:13) Confidence in Our Eternal Life Results in Prayer (1 John 5:14-15) Praying for the Prodigal Brother (1 John 5:16-17) In 1 John 5:13-15, John explains how the confidence that...

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