This week we are continuing our look at 1 John. We are looking into the background of this book including: the Author, Date of Writing, the Themes and Purpose of the book, the relationship of the book to 2 & 3 John and to the Gospel of John and finally we will investigate the genre and style of writing used in this book. This post contains everything from week 14 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which will run […]
Books About Books
Because i won’t be teaching on the Epistles of John this Sunday due to Mother’s Day, i want to post this for all my bibliophile friends. I love books. It’s an irrational thing. I enjoy reading them, but i actually LOVE just having them. I love seeing them lined up on my bookshelves. I dream about having a library room with wall to wall books. The thing is, i have more books than i am likely to ever be able to read, and still, i continue to buy them and put them on my bookshelves. I often justify this in […]
Epistles of John – Week 13 – 1 John Introduction
This week we are beginning our look at 1 John. We are looking into the background of this book including: the Author, Date of Writing, the Themes and Purpose of the book, the relationship of the book to 2 & 3 John and to the Gospel of John and finally we will investigate the genre and style of writing used in this book. This post contains everything from week 13 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which will run […]
Epistles of John – Week 12 – 3 John 11-15
This week we are finishing our look at 3 John. We examine verses 11-15 of 3 John where the elder shows us his pastor’s heart and we continue to discuss how it applies to us. This post contains everything from week 12 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which will run weekly through the end of May. Below is the Presentation. You can page forward and backwards through this while listening to the audio. Here is the audio […]
Epistles of John – Week 11 – 3 John 9-10
This week we are continuing our look at 3 John. We examine verses 9-10 of 3 John where the elder brings up a conflict with Diotrophes and we continue to discuss how it applies to us. This post contains everything from week 11 of the Adult CE class at Eastside Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. This is from a series on the three Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) which will run weekly through the end of May. Below is the Presentation. You can page forward and backwards through this while listening to the audio. Here is the audio […]