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1 John 5.1-12. Truth, love & obedience – overcome

1 John 5.1-12. Truth, love & obedience – overcome

We feel enormously uncomfortable distinguishing between those who are Christian and those who are not within the church. John doesn’t. In fact, he has left the church tests by which to identify genunie Christianity from false. The reason this matters … Read more

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1 John. Reprise. Keep yourself from idols

1 John. Reprise. Keep yourself from idols

John wants uncertain and damaged communities to have certainty, assurance in God. The certainty that John wants Christians to have is a discerning and tested assurance – not an unexamined fundamentalism. His path to certainty and assurance are truth (about … Read more

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2 Thessalonians 3.1-18. Deliver us from evil (Advent 4)

2 Thessalonians 3.1-18. Deliver us from evil (Advent 4)

Paul wants the Thessalonians to be protected from evil from within and without. The evil they face takes the forms of persection (chapter 1), false teaching (chapter 2) and false living (chapter 3). What Paul writes about church discipline in … Read more

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