When Jesus ascended to the right hand of his Father, he was given complete power and lordship over everything in heaven and earth. Also, through his ascension he now "fills all things", so that he is ubiquitously present with his whole church on earth. And...
Jesus' heart for healing, his power to heal, and the way he applies this healing to his fallen human race can be experienced in the power of His word and in the family of the Christian community. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of...
The perfect love we have been given in Jesus is able to cast out our fear of judgment by putting us into a community of forgiven sinners, whose unconditional love for us is a constant manifestation and reinforcement of God’s infinitely forgiving love for us in Jesus....
The false teachers John is defending his church against made much of their own leadership, creating doubt in the minds of her members by causing them to selfishly look for the locus of their relationship with God inside themselves. But John draws them back by making...
God wants us to stop sinning, but how can we even begin this impossible task? John's answer: look to the cross of the crucified Jesus who died to sin for us, look to the new creation where our destiny as full-formed children of God will become a reality, and look...
John's church was attacked from within by teachers who taught that Jesus was not actually a physical being and that salvation was not about a restored relationship with God but about secret knowledge of God gained privately by the enlightened initiated. John...
