That You May Know: II
1 John 5:18-21
Bobby grew up in a dysfunctional home. He saw things take place in his home while he was growing up that no child should ever see. Because of the decisions of his parents, chaos filled every corner of the home and drained any hope of stability or sanity from the lives of those who lived [...]
Praying For Saints and Sinners
1 John 5:16-17
His peers knew him as a man of God. Some even referred to him as, “A man after God’s own heart.” They had seen him in action, under stress and duress, and his character and integrity had reflected the heart of God. The people greatly admired him. David was the one they looked to as [...]
That You May Know…
1 John 5:13-20
There is nothing worse than not knowing. It doesn’t matter what the lack of certainty pertains to…there is nothing worse than not knowing. There is always a tension filled question mark hanging over the head of the husband or wife who does not have the certainty that their spouse loves them and is committed to [...]
We Have Overcome!
1 John 5:2-5
Walter Gowans knew that God was calling him from his homeland to share the gospel in the Sudan. He traveled there to work among the people of the region because he knew that was God’s plan for his life. God had so impacted his life that it was evident to those around him that Walter [...]
His Love Sets Us Free
1 John 4:13-5:2
It was Tuesday, June 6th, 1944: What is known as “D-day” when the initial assault wave hit the shore at Omaha Beach. The men stormed the beach at 6:30 am and immediately lives began to be lost for the sake of their country. It was a bloody battle and the Americans hit the beach like [...]
The Prerequisite Of Love
1 John 4:7-12
I first heard the report on the radio as I was driving to work this week – Jane Fonda had given her life to Christ. The woman who has recently gone through a divorce to Ted Turner, sold more exercise videos than Bill Gates has sold Windows, and who has been known as “Hanoi Jane” [...]
Can You Pass The Test?
1 John 4:1-6
Reverend Bible was a fourth generation preacher. He was his father’s son. He was a chip off the old block. While he was growing up he watched his father mount the pulpit week after week at First Church and offer his thoughts to the people. The son of a preacher now thought he would make [...]
The Imitation of Love
1 John 3:11-24
“Pray that my love will be without limits.” –Saint Maximilian Kolbe in his last letter to his mother. Father Maximilian Kolbe was forty-five years old in the early autumn of 1939 when the Nazis invaded his homeland. He was a Polish monk who founded the Knights of the Immaculate, a Franciscan order whose headquarters was [...]
Who’s Your Daddy?
1 John 3:4-10
The last rain soaked, numbed-out fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur’s muddy pasture more than 30 years ago. That was the day the Woodstock Music and Art Festival came to a close. What was billed as “three days of peace and music” turned into something altogether different for the 500,000 young people who made the [...]
Who’s Your Daddy?
1 John 3:4-10
The last rain soaked, numbed-out fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur’s muddy pasture more than 30 years ago. That was the day the Woodstock Music and Art Festival came to a close. What was billed as “three days of peace and music” turned into something altogether different for the 500,000 young people who made the [...]
Changed By Hope!
1 John 2:28-3:3
Hope and hopelessness are more than opposites. Their characteristics are more defined than night and day. Anyone who has ever experienced the depths of hopelessness can easily attest to how oppressive and soul-shattering hopelessness can be. On the other hand, those who have drank deeply from the well of hope know that no odds can [...]
Let The Body Beware!
1 John 2:18-28
The human body gives us one of the most awe-inspiring illustrations of a deep biblical truth that all of us should aspire to live out as we seek to be obedient to God’s call upon our lives. Once we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we are placed within the Body of Christ [...]
Who Do You Love?
1 John 2:15-17
Dr. Jorge Crespo de Toral was born into an aristocratic family in Ecuador. He was educated as a lawyer and it seemed that he was destined for a life of affluence and power. Instead, Jorge Crespo became a labor lawyer and took up the cause of the poor in a land where workers had no [...]
Walking in The Light of Love
1 John 2:3-14
Obedience is the twin sister of discipleship. Jesus calls us to take up our cross, deny ourselves, and follow Him in obedience. The great German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, said that grace without repentance, grace without obedience is nothing more than cheap grace. The great preacher, Charles Spurgeon said, “Faith and obedience are bound up in [...]
…For The Sins Of The World!
1 John 2:1-2
The passion of every follower of Jesus should be to absolutely turn away from every act, thought, and attitude that grieves the heart of Almighty God as if they were a den of poisonous snakes ready to strike at any moment. We should be made so uncomfortable by the sin that plagues us that peace [...]
Are You In or Out?
1 John 1:5-10
For centuries it appeared to human beings that the earth was stationary and that the sun moved around it. Then a man named Copernicus came along and proved that what seemed obvious on the surface was not, in fact, true. It was the earth that was moving around the sun, not the sun around the [...]