by | May 24, 2011 | Bible
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) After assuring his readers that he has written his letter...
by | May 23, 2011 | Bible
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) Finally, almost at the very end of his letter, John gives...
by | May 21, 2011 | Bible, Church, Culture, History, Theology
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...
by | May 18, 2011 | Bible
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...
by | May 17, 2011 | Bible
Even though Christians experience a victorious new birth, 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 kind of psychological deception,...
by | May 16, 2011 | Bible
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...
by | Apr 27, 2011 | Bible
Mark’s account of the resurrection is by far the most enigmatic of the gospel writers: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the...