Some of our good friends in Spain are Pedro and Viky. They started a blog in English and put their stories on it. This is how they came to follow Jesus: PEDRO I was born in Seville in 1960 in a catholic family and in the school I learned about Jesus, I attended to church every Sunday and I had… Read more →
“Hate my friend and I’ll hate you” is a great thought to start out your quite prayer time with Jesus. Not that I said that to Jesus. I sat down this morning to think and pray more about 1 John chapter one and was stopped again by F.F. Bruce. One of the things he said about verse 7 was, “To… Read more →
As I live a life that emulates God’s character I am being cleansed from every sin. What does being cleansed mean? Is salvation in question here or is this about becoming pure in daily life? This post is all about 1 John 1.7 As I looked into what John meant by the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from… Read more →
So, in my last post I said that the ‘then’ here made me feel uncomfortable. Let me explain myself. Oh, by the way, click on the picture of the verse and you will get the notes I drew onto it. The English version of the Bible that I am using is The Everyday Bible : New Century Version. (Nashville, TN.:… Read more →
I want to stop here for a moment to look at truth. Should the word truth be capitalized here because it is a person? I just finished reading that the Holy Spirit is truth. John says this in chapter five of this letter. I like the symmetry of this part of the Greek sentence which goes ‘because the Spirit is… Read more →
Here in 1 John 1.3-4 is the purpose of the letter. Warmth of relationship or fellowship is one reason. The other is joy. I like a letter that has been written to improve my friendship and to bring joy. Can’t beat that. Click on the picture to get the full diagram and some observations. The oddest one comes last…it sounds… Read more →
Here is a fragment of my quiet times this morning. First John is a striking book. It would be great to understand it…so, that is what my study is all about. If you click on the picture you will get the whole first four verses of chapter one. It is in picture format. If you want the PDF just click… Read more →
I find that expressing more of myself during my quiet times with God makes those times more meaningful. I know that there are a lot of ways to do that. I have often written out texts from the Bible like the one here. Then I even decided to make my own journal booklet for my reading and quiet times in… Read more →
Using CellSpin for the first time. CellSpin (www.cellspin.net) looks like a great way to update your blog from your smartphone. So, I took this picture from my cellphone and it automagically put it on the web into my blog and into CellSpin. It worked! Kind of fun. Uploaded by www.cellspin.net.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8lo5vnX-A&w=400&h=324] I found this story of two German college age men to be amazing! Astounding really. They sold themselves into slavery so they could take the good news of Jesus to a group of 3000 slaves. They really challenge me. If you want more info on the Moravian movement and how it is effecting us today you can start here:… Read more →
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