Tag: 1 John

  • Devotion – 1 John, Introduction

    Time for a new book in our blog devotion.  As a church we have a great desire to see people get into the Scriptures for themselves, and allow the text of the Bible to speak deeply into life.  For the next several weeks we will have readings from the New Testament book of 1 John. …

  • Finding the right organization for your giving

    1 John 3:17-18 (ESV) 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. No doubt, one of the ways a…

  • Amazing Grace

    If you attended Genesis this Sunday, you heard me share a bit about the life of John Newton, the man who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace.” I won’t bore you with a retelling of the story (you can find his biography online). Newton was a former slave trader who became a follower of Jesus. At…