This chapter is basically a big list of everyone who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem when King Cyrus gave them his permission to return home and rebuild the temple.
As you read the chapter, you realize that there's nothing extraordinary about...
This Sunday we wrapped up our summer series in 1-3 John with the third inspired letter of John. The message will cover all of 3 John and is called, "Fellow Workers for the Truth."
We see a contrast between two church leaders – one who...
Foundations are really important - if you don't have a solid foundation, everything you build on top of it will crumble. Jesus taught us to build on a firm foundation in his life and ministry, but many people are building their lives on shifting...
Because God is love, and Christians abide in God, we must also abide in love. However, every single one of us struggles to love other believers. It’s only when we surrender to God’s love for us that we begin to be free to walk in love toward other...
As has been stated in previous sermons, 1 John has a spiraling structure—revisiting the same themes over and over, each time amplifying them further. In this epistle John has given us moral tests (e.g., Are we obedient to God's word?), social...