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Read 1 John 5:13-21 (ESV, NIV, The Message). I’ve never identified with John as much as I do right now! As I write this, I’ve been blogging for a little over five years. For me, blogging started as a way for me to process the things of the faith. As I studied [...]
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Read 1 John 5:1-5 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Today, we’re taking a look at 1 John 5:1-5 and what John has to say about what loving the Father has to do with overcoming the world. Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the [...]
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Read 1 John 4:7-21 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Some things I believe. . . Counterfeit Love I believe that love in its purest and unadulterated form cannot be given or shown without the power of God. Maybe that’s what points to the many one night stands and high statistics of divorce and [...]
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Read 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Talk is cheap. You’ve heard it a thousand times, yet it seemingly is so hard to grasp. What I learned as a communication arts student in college is something that I’ve seen reinforced in my ministry over and over again: What you say is as important [...]
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Read 1 John 2:15-17 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Love people; use things. Never confuse the two. Ever heard that expression? This helpful instruction for life restates the heart of these verses in 1 John. The gist of this passage is that all the wonders of God’s creation can be expropriated for sinful uses. [...]
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Read 1 John 1:1-4 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Have you ever witnessed something so amazing, so beyond expectations, that retelling the experience makes your heart beat harder and your words tumble out fast like spilled water? Or you find yourself repeating yourself? Three times in the first four verses of [...]
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The goal of Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden [1] is to help the church rethink the practice of discipleship. Ogden suggests that small groups (i.e. three to four persons) are the primary way discipleship is demonstrated in the New Testament. He calls these groups triads. His book further develops these “discipleship [...]
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Read Philippians 2:19-30 (ESV, NIV, The Message) Philippians is one of Paul’s more personable letters, being written to a church he founded and obviously cared a great deal for. This is evident in the many affectionate passages, greetings and prayers in the letter; perhaps no more so than in the brief note [...]
In my last two columns we discussed misunderstandings of Bible interpretation and the foundation for interpreting the Bible in community. So in this final installment of the three part series on Bible interpretation we will explore what interpreting the Bible as a community might look like. Interpreting the Bible in [...]
Last week I shared 3 misunderstandings concerning Bible interpretation and suggested that the Bible should be interpreted in community. Allow me to give some precedent on interpreting the Bible in community. First, the birth of the church is perhaps the most significant precedent for community interpretation of the Bible. Obviously, [...]
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It’s New Testament wisdom literature… kind of like a ‘modern’ day Book of Proverbs. The Epistle of James is a book like no other in the New Testament. But that’s one of the things that makes it so special. Some of the greatest guidance we have on Christian living comes [...]
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