John is often called “John the Beloved”; he refers to himself as “The disciple Jesus loved”. (John 20:2) In today’s Bible reading*, John emphasizes the two-pronged approach to pleasing God: Love and Truth. (2 John 1:4-6, 9) If you’re going to walk with Jesus, you can’t have one without the other. Each day, as I…
John concludes his first letter in today’s Bible reading* telling us that, “this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world.” (1 John 5:3-4 CSB) The world was able to see this play out on…
In today’s Bible reading*, John offers the comforting words that haters are going to hate Believers. Gee, thanks John! You sound just like Job’s encouraging friends! But should we really expect anything else from lost people? Lost people are going to act like lost people! Besides, if they hated Jesus, why would they feel different…
In today’s Bible reading*, John says that our relationship with God doesn’t exist in a vacuum. How we live affects our relationship with God. And how we live with others affects our relationship with God. Coming into a relationship with God is a free offer. There are no demands on us. We don’t have to…
With today’s Bible reading*, we begin reading 1 John. One thing that strikes me from the very beginning of the letter is that John says that he and the other Apostles aren’t just passing along folk tales. They aren’t just passing along what other people told them. John says, “What was from the beginning, what…
All of us have itchy ears. The question is, how do you scratch? If you’ve been around church for very long, you may have heard Paul’s warning in today’s Bible reading*. “For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because…
