This sermon examines John’s call to love the brothers and considers whether John is defining brother the same way that we would. Hint- we don’t think that he is.

This sermon teaches us about the righteousness of God which is given to believers and explores what it means to be born of God.

This sermon tackles a tough text in 1 John that, upon first reading, makes it sound as if Christians stop sinning after we’re reconciled to God. The message seeks to untangle the tension in these verses by paying close attention to the context in which the verses are situated.

This sermon looked at John’s prescription for protection against the deception of the antichrists. The prescription? Anointing and abiding. 

This sermon on 1 John 2:18-25 seeks to contextualize the passage and show us the meaning that it carried for the original audience. They were being warned about present day (relative to them) antichrist’s and about an antichrist who would soon come (to them). John’s language helps us to make 1st century identifications of these figures that were actually relevant to his readers, and it helps us to avoid unhelpful and heretofore inaccurate predictions of these figures in our future.

This sermon seeks to untangle the apparent contradiction between John 3:16 (For God so loved the world…) and 1 John 2:15-17 (Do not love the world…), exploring the difference between how we commonly love the world versus how God loves it.

This sermon covers a section of John’s encouragement to his readers following some rebuke. John will not leave a rebuke in the atmosphere without providing reassurance of God’s loving kindness.

This sermon explores why hating others is incompatible with loving God, and addresses the dangers of a religious environment that over emphasizes obedience.

This sermon is about how we come to know God intimately. It deconstructs the classic reading of 1 John 2 which reads the text like it’s an assessment of whether or not we have a relationship with God and shows that it is actually an assessment of the health and intimacy of that relationship.

This sermon teaches us how to embrace God’s light and walk in it. It gets practical and personal to help the principles that John lays out come to life.