The famous beatitudes are spoken by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Yet there are just as many beatitudes in the book of Revelation. In this sermon, we examine two of them. “Blessed is the one who reads…” and “Blessed is the one who hears and heeds…” to see what blessing come to them and why.

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The Bible tells of many calamities the befall people. We briefly look at some and see so often there are obvious warning signs and opportunities to avoid it.

We make our study of John’s little letter to a friend about the need to keep on in love, in the commandments and to not support those who don’t follow along with the truth the apostles taught.

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A study of the instruction and implications of Her. 12:14: “Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.”

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Our study of 1st John concludes as we look at confidence to ask in prayer, especially for others in sin, the assurances God gives us, and a final warning about idols.

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Beginning in Ps. 103, we look at the blessing of forgiveness. We examine some poor substitutes for it, how the law pointed out how serious sin was, and end with the blessedness of true forgiveness in Christ.

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A brief look at how Old Testament Israel finally rid itself of idols, and how Christians dealt with it when they preached the gospel to those who worshipped them.

As John begins to close out his epistles, he calls on the witnesses of the water and the blood, the Spirit and the Father that testify to Jesus, the Son of God come in the flesh and gives eternal life.

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John begins to wrap up his epistle by reminding us how how to know we are in the truth faith in Christ, and the assurance of victory if we are.

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Groundhog’s Day came to use by a circuitous route that includes pagan rooted practices and a middle age Catholic tradition of helping the poor. What important lesson can we learn from this?