Archive for December, 2011
The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 7-8
Week 15: Dec 18, 2011 This week we continued to unpack John’s arguments. While his teaching were largely aimed at addressing those who had broken away from the church, they have a lot to say about how we live our life today. Study ii. Three Proposition Refuted (1:6-10) 1:7 But if we keep living in […]
Read More..>>The Newt Question
There is a huge gulf between the rank and file conservatives and Republicans leaders both in and out of Washington the over Newt Gingrich. As Newt has taken off in the polls so has the opposition from Republican leaders. So why are the rank and file conservatives ignoring the leadership? The reason is actually pretty simple. Republican […]
Read More..>>What is really wrong with the economy?
Amidst all the claims, counter-claims and finger pointing, the economy continues to struggle. Sure the unemployment rate finally dropped below 9%, but there was not a lot of celebration as only a little more than 100,000 new jobs were created, while nearly 3 times that number were so discouraged that they gave up looking, or […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 6
Week 14: Dec 11, 2011 This week we began to unpack John arguments and saw that 1 Century Gnosticism shared some key characteristic with modern 21 Century thought. Study ii. Three Proposition Refuted (1:6-10) Having establish his premise (that God is light) John now begins to address the claims of the group that left. But […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 1b-5
Week 13: Dec 4, 2011 This week we finished the prologue and got a brief start into the main part of the letter. Study 1:1b – what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands—this is the[1] Word of life! what we John continues with […]
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