1. Why Bother to Pray?

    book
    11/08/22
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Our God is a living God and he listens to our cries for help.
    Why Bother to Pray?

  2. 1 John 5:13-21: The Front Porch of Our Father’s Home

    book
    11/04/22
    12 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
    1 John 5:13-21: The Front Porch of Our Father’s Home

  3. 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

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

    book
    10/14/22
    14 mins
    read
    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

  5. 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

  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. 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

  8. John 3:1-12: Doppelgangers of Jesus

    book
    09/16/22
    18 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    Hope is found precisely while we’re dead.
    John 3:1-12: Doppelgangers of Jesus

  9. A Dove More Powerful Than An Eagle

    book
    09/07/22
    12 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    The one who embodies the dove, that is, the Holy Spirit will be mounted upon the staff of Calvary.
    A Dove More Powerful Than An Eagle

  10. An Epilogue of Eternal Consequence

    book
    08/30/22
    21 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    A group of unassuming apostles was given a graphic illustration of how the Lord would use them to turn the world right-side-up through the upside-down logic of grace.
    An Epilogue of Eternal Consequence

  11. A True Fish Story

    book
    08/24/22
    15 mins
    read
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Ichthus is a confession in picture form, a visual sermon of the gospel of Christ crucified.
    A True Fish Story

  12. 1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

    book
    08/19/22
    17 mins
    read
    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
    1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars
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