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1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. Here, John has in mind a natural law of human life. Family love is a part of nature. The child naturally loves his parents; and he just as naturally…

Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”  During times of uncertainty, it is natural for folks to get anxious, scared, and worried. It is in times like these that we need to ask God to increase our faith. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we…

The book of 1 John (NIV) uses the word love 43 times, 32 times from verse 7 of chapter 4 through verse 4 of chapter 5. 1 John 4:7-12 contains possibly the most profound biblical passage dealing with love. It combines the implications of love for Christian conduct with a discussion of God’s nature. John,…

In Acts 7:54-60 we read about the stoning of Stephen. Stephen was stoned by a group of Hellenistic Jews for preaching the gospel. One of the young men in the crowd that day giving his approval of Stephen’s murder, was a young man named Saul. Acts 8:1 And Saul approved of their killing him. On…

The Village got a LOT of snow overnight- no school today… and no Bible study at church tonight.  We’ll do Italian night next Wednesday! Stay safe and warm, everyone.  

Last week we looked at some compelling examples of how to deal with non-believers who sin against us. We looked in depth at Jesus’ example in Luke 23. When Jesus was crucified he said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23.34). This was a request that God might forgive those…

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you            As Jesus hung on a cross between two criminals; dirty, beaten, bruised, bleeding, thirsty, and struggling to breathe, he did exactly what he had told his followers to do in Matthew 5:44. He prayed to God to forgive…

John was confronted with false prophets who were teaching error concerning the Incarnation of Christ. Because of this, in 1 John 4, he exhorted the church to tests the spirits. They could test the spirits by evaluating what teachers were saying about the Incarnate Christ and by observing who was listening to them. Today, the…

Psalm 51 survives as the most impressive outcome of David’s sordid affair with Bathsheba. It is one thing for a king to confess his moral failures in private to a prophet. It was quite another thing to compose a detailed account of that confession to be sung throughout the land. The greatest king in Israel’s…