Knowing God – 1 John 1:1-4


Bible Study

The Apostle John starts out his letter in 1 John emphasizing both the deity and humanity of Christ together because we can have no relationship, no fellowship with God, apart from confessing that Christ is indeed the Son of God. This confession, this whole hearted conviction that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God, is […]

02/10/2014

The Joy of Fellowship 1 John Introduction


Bible Study

 I often feel like a tour guide when I am teaching.  I am so glad to have you all ready and willing to travel with Penny and myself each week without a time frame for finishing. It’s really like a leisurely walk or drive, we’ll get there when we get there.  During our break Penny […]

02/04/2014

What am I Practicing to Become?


Devotional, MorningMeds

“Your whole life ought to be disciplined (i.e., structured, set up, organized,and running day by day) toward the goal of godliness. Everything that happens and everything that you do should contribute something toward reaching that goal. Monday through Saturday, not only Sunday, you must move toward the goal, one step, or two steps or ten […]

09/03/2011

Avoiding Idolatry


Bible Study, MorningMeds

  Sometimes it may seem that God is a big blank face in the sky and we can paint any face on him that we like according to our culture, according to our experiences, according to popular opinion, according to our personal opinion. This makes the opinions of what God looks like as numerous as […]

07/30/2010

Dying to Know You


MorningMeds

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete – 1 John 1:3-4 Why does John and the other […]

06/01/2010

Grasping for Eternal Life


MorningMeds

…we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John1:2 “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the […]

05/17/2010

No Ordinary Life


MorningMeds

The life appeared ; we have seen it and testify to it , and  we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father  and has appeared to us. –  1 John 1:2 What was it that made Jesus so extraordinary? It was the eternal life he held within him. “In him was […]

04/26/2010

Jesus is The Beginning


MorningMeds

That Which Was From the Beginning… 1 John 1:1 The Apostle John starts out his letter in 1 John emphasizing both the deity and humanity of Christ together   because we can have no relationship, no fellowship with God, apart from confessing that Christ was indeed the Son of God. This confession, this whole hearted conviction […]

04/19/2010

Time for a Self Exam


MorningMeds

One of the questions we have been discussing and trying to answer in 1 John is “What is a Christian?” It’s more difficult to answer then it seems. Before you read any further I’d encourage you to jot something down on a piece of paper on how you would answer it if someone were to […]

02/17/2010