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![1 john 4:1-6 [test the spirits]](https://b826465.smushcdn.com/826465/wp-content/uploads/teacher.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
[serialposts]Read 1 John 4:1-6 (ESV, NIV, The Message). “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” - 1 John 4:1 Many of us have relatives who aren't...
![1 john 3:11-24 [love one another]](https://b826465.smushcdn.com/826465/wp-content/uploads/love-in-motion.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
[serialposts]Read 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Talk is cheap. You’ve heard it a thousand times, yet it seemingly is so hard to grasp. What I learned as a communication arts student in college is something that I’ve seen reinforced in my ministry over and...
![1 john 2:28-3:10 [children of god]](https://b826465.smushcdn.com/826465/wp-content/uploads/reading-advent-story.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:28-3:10 (ESV, NIV, The Message). As a child my instructions were to keep my room clean especially around Christmas time. I had this idea that Santa's elves were omniscient. With this thought, I hastily shoved toys, old socks and smelly shoes...
![1 john 2:18-27 [warning concerning antichrists]](https://b826465.smushcdn.com/826465/wp-content/uploads/rooster.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:18-27 (ESV, NIV, The Message). As I often do, I would like to begin this posting with a couple confessions. First off, I love Lutheran theology and nerd out about it. I love the focus on grace, the promises of baptism, and the idea that many...
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:15-17 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Love people; use...
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:7-14 (ESV, NIV, The Message). It's not that...
[serialposts]Read 1 John 2:1-6 (ESV, NIV, The Message). One of the things I've...
[serialposts]Read 1 John 1: 5-10 (ESV, NIV, The Message). I want to walk as a...
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