by | Feb 28, 2011 | Bible
Post Series on 1 John 2:15-27: John’s Warning Concerning the World (1 John 2:15-17) John’s Warning Concerning the Church (1 John 2:18-27) The Anointing of the Holy One (1 John 2:18-27) The reasons we sin are neither complicated nor new. John summarizes and...
by | Feb 23, 2011 | Bible
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New (1 John 2:7-8) Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith (1 John 2:9-11) Envisioning the Beloved Society (1 John 2:12-14) John summarizes all that he has said to this point in a poem in 1 John...
by | Feb 22, 2011 | Bible
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New (1 John 2:7-8) Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith (1 John 2:9-11) Envisioning the Beloved Society (1 John 2:12-14) John’s words in 1 John 2:9-11 are hard, and they should give every...
by | Feb 21, 2011 | Bible
Post Series on 1 John 2:7-14: How Jesus Made the Old Commandment New (1 John 2:7-8) Love as the Litmus Test of Genuine Faith (1 John 2:9-11) Envisioning the Beloved Society (1 John 2:12-14) John’s transitions are abrupt and short, but clear and significant. In 1...
by | Feb 16, 2011 | Bible, Theology
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...
by | Feb 15, 2011 | Bible, Theology
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...
by | Feb 14, 2011 | Bible
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...
by | Feb 11, 2011 | Bible, Theology
Post Series on 1 John 1:5-2:6: God is Light, and in Him is no Darkness Whatsoever – 1 John 1:5 Reforming the Speech of Pharisaical Hypocrites (Like Me) – 1 John 1:6-10 How Can God be Faithful, but Still Just? – 1 John 1:9 Reforming the Lives of...
by | Feb 4, 2011 | Bible, Preaching, Theology
Mark weaves a magnificent and profound play on words in the last few verses of his account of Jesus’ calming the storm: And he [Jesus] awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm....
by | Feb 3, 2011 | Bible, Books, Preaching, Theology
Christian exegetes have wrestled with the connection of Ezekiel’s Valley of Dry Bones and the doctrine of the bodily resurrection since they first preached on Ezekiel 37 from the light of Christ’s own bodily resurrection. While early exegetes drew a very...