Orphans. Strangers and Widows. It’s the Bible’s description of all of us. We’ve felt like orphans; fatherless lonely and unprotected. There’s been times in our journey where we’ve been like the stranger, without a friend or betrayed by a close one...

In this 'new normal' time period God is calling us to fish on the other side of the boat. It means we will have to pivot and innovate seeking God in all we do and responding to His calling for us individually and collectively.

This is the final message of our 1 John series. In it we look forward to second John for the author's insights into the importance of striking a balance in love and truth. Truth without love is brutal and harsh, while love without truth is watery...

As this chapter of 1 John draws to a close there are five eternal truths that God and the author want us to know. God wants us to know that we can know Him in the deepest sense of the word and that we can trust Him with our whole lives.

New life in God through Jesus Christ proclaims this section. We are believers born of God. We are overcomers through Jesus Christ. Then the apostle John gives us three testifiers: water, blood and the Holy Spirit that remind us of our new identity as...

There is a spiritual enemy at work in our world (v. 1-6). However, God is greater and His very nature is love. We love because he first loved us. We cannot live in love and hate others (v. 7-21).

Anger left unchecked can lead to hatred and even murder John writes (v. 11-15). He then contrasts hatred with love by showing that love works itself out in practical demonstrations of compassion. By continually keeping short accounts with God we can...

John encourages his readers to remember who they are and to live accordingly. As apprentices of their heavenly Father, God's children are invited to reflect God to the world.

We can all be deceived in life: financially by some get-rich-quick scheme or spiritually by a charismatic sounding charlatan. This section of Scripture teaches us to be discerning as we put up guardrails against falsities entering our lives. We are to...

It’s an old command: love one another. It’s incompatible with an attitude of hatred and unforgiveness. This passage challenges us to grow up in God to love others as we are loved.