Biblical Breadcrumbs

John wants his readers to succeed and reach God. How do they start? By having a proper attitude.

Three groups are addressed, with two exhortations for each. What does John mean by this? And could it tell us the purpose behind his writing?

What's John's ultimate goal? Here, he tries to distill his teaching into one simple point.

Continuing the ideas of last week, John points to another example of his paradigm, before summarizing the whole section.

John wants us to know how to respond to God's invitation: here's where you get started.

We're introducing First John today, to set us up for a study through the Johannine epistles.

Paul's varying admonitions are summed up, to some degree of success. Remember: God's coming back.

The Antichrist! Not that important.

Do you know what is?

Jesus.

Getting into the Second book this week, we see Paul addressing Thessalonica after a little time has passed. What's gone well? What's gone wrong? And why does he feel the need to write again?

Paul said we're supposed to encourage each other. How, precisely, should we do that? Here are a few tips, as we finish our study of First Thessalonians.