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  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Discovering And Demonstrating God’slove Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Oct 30, 2014
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,189 views

    “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8)

    “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8) A briefer sentence it would be difficult to find; yet how infinitely vast and wonderful is the truth which lies within its compass. God is love. - Eternity lies within the compass of that little word. God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    A Passion To Serve

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 3, 2020
     | 8,436 views

    There is this big disconnect between loving the Lord and serving Him because many who say they love the Lord really don’t love Him. We will learn today that Jesus links together love and service.

    If one were to take a survey and ask Christians the question “Do you love the Lord” the results of the survey would probably indicate that 99.9% of all surveyed "loved the Lord." Most would even say they "loved the Lord a lot." If one were to survey these same people and ask ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Behold, What Manner Of Love! - Part 1

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 14, 2020
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     | 6,277 views

    John is writing about a kind of love that is a strange kind of love, an unusual kind of love, a kind of love to which we are not accustomed.

    A Christian daycare provider (let’s call her Anne) tells the story of how one day a beautiful, but very troubled little girl came through the door of her center. From the very beginning Anne became captivated by this child who had so little but needed so much. She was heartbroken that a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Behold, What Manner Of Love! - Part 2

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 14, 2020
     | 1,988 views

    Last time we left off in the text where John says: …we shall be like Him…

    Objective: To exegete 1 John 3:2-3 emphasizing the point that our Savior’s sure and imminent return should motivate the believer to live holy just like our Savior Jesus is holy…. 1Jn 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Moving Toward Spiritual Discernment-4

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 15, 2020
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    4 of ? The apostle John sheds light on the need for Spiritual Discernment in the Church. Spiritual Discernment is a necessity in the Church. •But How is it to be achieved/accomplished? Moving(yourself, the Church, & others) toward spiritual discernment recognizes...

    MOVING TOWARD SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT-IV—1John 3:10--4:21 Attention: I have a west-facing window in my office that looks over across 1st St. If something I find interesting happens outside, I put on my glasses because I am near-sighted. I do that so I can clearly see what is transpiring. I might ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Moving Toward Spiritual Discernment-3

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 15, 2020
     | 1,379 views

    3 of ? The apostle John sheds light on the need for Spiritual Discernment in the Church. Spiritual Discernment is a necessity in the Church. •But How is it to be achieved/accomplished? Moving(yourself & the Church) toward spiritual discernment recognizes...

    MOVING TOWARD SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT-III—1John 3:10--4:21 Attention: ‘The Pen-less Pen’-Light? Our Franklin County school system gave one of it’s 3rd grade teachers what she supposed was a ‘pen-light.’ However, she soon discovered that the pen-light was only a light, for which she had no real ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Behold, What Manner Of Love! - Part 3

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 17, 2020
     | 1,142 views

    Last time we were unpacking 1 John 3:3 where the Apostle John wrote, “And every one that hath this hope set on him (Jesus) purifies himself, even as he is pure.” Let’s continue our brief journey in 1 John chapter 3.

    Last time we were unpacking 1 John 3:3 where the Apostle John wrote, “And every one that hath this hope set on him (Jesus) purifies himself, even as he is pure.” We looked at the believer’s hope in the return of Christ and the effect this hope should have on the Christian’s life. We ended the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Behold, What Manner Of Love! - Part 4

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 17, 2020
     | 1,692 views

    Last time we learned that the book of 1 John was written with a single purpose in mind. John tells us that he wrote this book so that you might have assurance of your salvation.

    Last time we learned that the book of 1 John was written with a single purpose in mind. John tells us that he wrote this book so that you might have assurance of your salvation. He writes in chapter five verse 13, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Behold, What Manner Of Love! - Part 5

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 17, 2020
     | 1,359 views

    Today we are continuing our study in 1 John 3. Thus far John has been presenting us with “tests” we can take that will help us to know whether or not we are true Christians.

    Today we are continuing our study in 1 John 3. Thus far John has been presenting us with “tests” we can take that will help us to know whether or not we are true Christians. 1. One of the first tests we find in the passage of John we are looking at today continues with what we were looking at ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Nettie J Pennington avatar

    Putting The Spirits To The Test

    Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Sep 18, 2020
     | 1,673 views

    We are all fighting a spiritual battle, and deceivers are on the front line. To overcome, we must put on the full armor of God and follow the path to the Way and the Truth.

    Are you ignoring the spiritual battle taking place all around us? Many people are "and no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light" (2 Corinthians 11:14, NIV). So, all the lies and deception become commonplace, just another part of life in this present age. Allow me ...read more

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  • Roy Fowler avatar

    Is Love A Choice Or Not?

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 19, 2020
     | 3,188 views

    What is love?

    Illustration: A young teenage boy and girl were sitting in a swing on her parents front porch way up in the mountains of North Carolina. They spent a lot of time there away from everyone just them. They would talk about all kinds of things. Things about when they had grown up. What would they do: ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Biblical Discernment – Part 1

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 21, 2020
     | 2,218 views

    John wrote this letter to refute the teaching of gnosticism that had found its way into the church.

    In Ezekiel chapter eight the prophet Ezekiel says he was sitting in his home and Judah's leaders were sitting in front of him. He says at that time, “The power of the Almighty LORD came over me” and he saw a vision of something that looked like a human but whose body looked like fire and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Moving Toward Spiritual Discernment-5

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 22, 2020
     | 1,224 views

    5 of ? The apostle John sheds light on the need for Spiritual Discernment in the Church. Spiritual Discernment is a necessity in the Church. •But How is it to be achieved/accomplished? Moving(yourself, the Church, & others) toward spiritual discernment recognizes...

    MOVING TOWARD SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT--5 —1John 3:10--4:21 Attention: Remember that I gave you an example of putting on my glasses, so that I can be more discerning, & thus more effective in my ministry. If you are a Christian, you are equipped to be, & are expected to be, ‘spiritually ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Born Ones

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 24, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,645 views

    How great a love – The kind of love that John is talking about is a strange kind of love, an unusual kind of love, a kind of love to which we are not accustomed to.

    (1 John 3:1 NKJV) Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Behold - Not translated in the NIV. It is the Greek word idete which means "behold, look at." This ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Greatly Appreciated

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Sep 27, 2020
     | 9,886 views

    With social distancing, we've appreciated things like Face Time and Zoom. When businesses started opening up people appreciated them more than ever. But we shouldn't need separation in order to show appreciation.

    GREATLY APPRECIATED To appreciate means to value something or somebody highly. On Wednesday night I asked, 'what have you come to appreciate more since COVID started'. Based on some of the answers it was clear that people are most appreciative of people and the things that helped them to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ