As we begin a new study of the book of Hebrews, Ian introduces the book's background, dating, themes, and the ever elusive question of authorship. 

In this the final lesson in Ian's series on The Letters of John, Ian explores the idea of victory in Christ- victory that is always already won. Further, Ian discusses John's final explicit realization of Christ as God, and the implications that has for the rest of the letter. Ian also reinforces the points that John has been making throughout his letters on obedience to God, love for brothers, love for God, and respect of the same. 

Nota bene: For those of you who have listened faithfully, thank you! Our next series will be The Letter to the Hebrews.

In this week's lesson, Ian explores John's treatments of Divine love - that God sent his Son to be the sacrifice for our sins - and shows how John believes that Divine love should impact our love for one another. Ian also explores the ways in which the Old Testament informs John's understanding of love and righteousness. John takes a break from his attacks on the secessionists to encourage the believers to whom he is writing that they are indeed children of God because of they way they enact love in their community.

In this lesson, Ian discusses the ways John prepares his readers to distinguish those who are "of God" and those who are not. He discusses the concepts of "sinlessness" and being "born of God." In this material, Ian finds a lot of common ground between the community John is writing to and the Christian community today. 

In this week's lesson, Ian explores John's understanding of the secessionists' teachings in more depth. Particularly John's focus on the secessionists as "antichrists" and how that fits into the Judeo-Christian teaching of an End Times Anti-Christ at that time. Ian also focuses on the idea of being anointed with the Holy One and how that anointing causes the perseverance of believers in the face of heresy.

In this week's lesson, Ian explores the first chapter of 1 John - Fellowship with God. In this lesson, Ian explores some key theological concepts including "walking in the light"; the propitiation vs. expiation debate; and the doctrine of God as it concerns ethics and orthopraxy. Ian also addresses the debate structure of this section of John's sermon, and notes the masterful ways in which John approaches the teachings of the heretical secessionists - that they deny the bodily incarnation of Christ.

In this lesson, Ian explores John's Letter to the Congregation. Ian introduces this letter as a cover letter to 1 John, and shows how it addresses the concerns of both 1 John and 3 John by giving explicit instructions on dealing with false teachers in their communities. Ian also explores how this applies to "walking in the truth" and what that means for the believer today.

In this lesson, Ian explores John's Letter to Gaius which comes in the form of 3 John. Ian explores the ways in which the exhortations to Gaius about Diotrophes and Demetrius are useful to us today, as the Church continues to be influenced by false doctrine like that of John's day.

This is the first week of our new series on John's Letters! This week, Ian tries to clarify the situation John finds the church in when he writes these letters. Ian also gives some insight into the Authorship, Dating, and Theology of John's Letters with an eye toward the Themes of John's other books (the Gospel of John and Revelation). 

As part of the continuing excursus on the idea of Predestination and Election, Ian leads us through a study of Romans 9-11. While it is by no means, comprehensive, this overview shows Paul's radical redefinition of Israel according to his expanded views of monotheism, election, and eschatology. In this study, Ian shows how Gentile believers gain their access to salvation through Israel. He also solidifies this notion of Christ as the New Israel and establishes the perfection of God in this divine plan.