1. How to Define Christian Community

    book
    10/25/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
    How to Define Christian Community

  2. 1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

    book
    10/21/22
    11 mins
    read
    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
    1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

  3. 1 John 4:15-21: Staying In Love

    book
    10/14/22
    14 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
    1 John 4:15-21: Staying In Love

  4. We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

    book
    10/11/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Donavon Riley
    We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
    We Cannot Serve God and Mammon

  5. The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

    book
    10/10/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Tyler Cronkright
    Paul calls them the fruits of the Spirit after all
    The Most Famous Person You Have Never Heard Of

  6. 1 John 4:7-14: Love, self-hate, and the search for God

    book
    10/07/22
    19 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.
    1 John 4:7-14: Love, self-hate, and the search for God

  7. What is the Gospel?

    book
    10/05/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Zack James Cole
    We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
    What is the Gospel?

  8. Preparing the Way for Christmas: An Excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional

    book
    10/04/22
    5 mins
    read
    By Kyle G. Jones | Kathy Morales
    This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
    Preparing the Way for Christmas: An Excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional

  9. 1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

    book
    09/30/22
    10 mins
    read
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
    1 John 4:1-6: The Only True Confession

  10. Paul on Romans 1:16

    book
    09/29/22
    8 mins
    read
    By Gerhard Forde
    It seems to me that our greatest task is not that of seeking skills and methods whereby we can inject power into the gospel, but simply to beware lest we obscure the power that the gospel is
    Paul on Romans 1:16

  11. Law and Gospel Done

    book
    09/27/22
    19 mins
    read
    By Wade Johnston
    Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.
    Law and Gospel Done

  12. 1 John 3: 13-24: The Given Life

    book
    09/23/22
    14 mins
    read
    By Bob Hiller
    Jesus is the anti-Cain: a giver, not a taker.
    1 John 3: 13-24: The Given Life
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