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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qe47f-172bbc9 In Acts 12, the apostle James is dead. Peter is in prison awaiting execution. The evil Roman ruler Herod is on the war path against the church. What happens when the world’s rulers turn against the church? Listen and be encouraged that man’s evil intentions cannot stop the Kingdom of Heaven as it advancesContinue reading “Acts 12:1-24”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-szj5x-1720638 If we live a life faithful to Jesus, we will at some point come up against the condemnation and disdain of this world. How do we handle this opposition to our faith? Learn from the patterns and principles we see in Acts with Peter and John’s response to persecution.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-63zf3-17146e8 When the watching world takes note of our faith or its fruit, what should we do? The book of Acts is more than a mere historical record of the early church. It contains principles that apply to our lives today. And chapters three and four guide us in our public witnessing for Christ.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jjdyu-16fafdb One of the things the Scriptures teach us is this: We’re all in need of godly examples to follow. In John’s third letter, we see three examples, but only two that we ought to emulate.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w4m6v-16eef36 Love and truth are inseparable and essential for true Christian love and fellowship. In 2 John, we learn 5 important lessons about living in biblical Christian community.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-udphw-16e309a In 2 Corinthians 3 and 4, Paul uses the metaphor of veiled and unveiled faces to help us comprehend the glory of God. To see this glory is to see Christ clearly because this vision is more than transforming human expectations or rule making.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-awj56-16ca796 Whether it’s your doctor, teachers, or other experts, you simply can’t go through life without trusting in the testimony of others. And yet many in the world refuse to trust the testimony of God. In these verses, John challenges his readers to take God at his word and trust the testimony he has givenContinue reading “1 John 5:6-12”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p3rxd-16c1642 The Bible paints a bleak picture of the world as a place marked by people enslaved to sin and self-concern. If that’s true, then what hope could we ever have of gaining victory over these forces that are ingrained so deeply in all of us? In chapter five of his first letter, John tellsContinue reading “1 John 5:1-5”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mwgzs-16b2aea In his first letter, John was trying to put a hurting and divided church back together following a rift caused by false teachers. Part of his strategy throughout the letter was to enumerate various marks of authentic Christian faith compared to counterfeits. In chapter four, he continues with four things that are true ofContinue reading “1 John 4:13-21”