1 John 1:1-7

"We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own..."

Our LORD God Almighty is the master at making the profound feel the simple. Phil Ware reminds us that Communion is a powerful example of Jesus taking something profound and making it simple enough for us to understand and do together.

"Dear Child of the Glorious and Gracious Father, As John neared the end of his physical life, he wrote three short letters to help churches facing all..."

"This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet..."

"So if we say we have fellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars and do not follow the truth. But if we live in the light,....."

"This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we..."

On this Christmas Day as we bring this year's journey to an end, the question you need to ask is as important to answer as it is simple to ask! James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to faith in the eternal God who chose to reveal himself by becoming human and living in our world

Parenting teens is one of the best, hardest, most growing things I've ever done. Melissa Troyer is back living in her crazy world with grace and reminding us that raising teenagers can be embraced as a grace from God despite being hard if it calls us to look at our brokenness and weak place.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched. Phil Ware shares some great online resources for images for Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday.

As we bring this year's journey to an end, the question you need to ask is as important to answer as it is simple to ask! James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to faith in the eternal God who chose to reveal himself by becoming human and living in our world

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."

"If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."

"If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."

"When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with him, that we were made one with him, and his interests and...."

""Cleanseth," says the text-not "shall cleanse." There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how..."

Inspirational illustration of 1 John 1:7 -- If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

parody image of 1 John 1:7 -- Blood of the Lamb.

"Dear Disciple, John was a masterful writer. He used a simple vocabulary to share nuances of truth and depths of theological insight. His use of such...."

Who would want to invite this mess home? If we don't wall pornography off at the source in our lives, then we end up just inviting it home.

Can we really get do-overs? God offers us something better than a do-over, mulligan, and second chance; he offers us forgiveness and cleansing.

"Dear Beloved, I came to your world to be God among you and die as the atoning sacrifice for your sins. However, My ministry for you did not end with...."

What's true about the NCAA Basketball Tourney and life? Phi Ware reminds us that while the one and done principle is true in much of life, Jesus changed it for us in regard to sin.

Come on, now, 'fess up to the truth — it's liberating! Russ Lawson reminds us that to err is human, that we sin, we mess up, we falter, we are wrong, we make mistakes, but God is in the cleansing and forgiving business and can take care of it if we will admit it and ask for forgiveness.

Without the personal touch, full healing never comes. Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' healing the man with Leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and focuses in this post on Jesus' touch.

Without the personal touch, full healing never comes. Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' healing the man with Leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and focuses in this post on Jesus' touch.

Come on, now, let's just admit to the truth! Rubel Shelly confronts our tendency to make excuses for our sins, mistakes, and errors and then try to use softer words to make them not seem so bad.

How can God be blind to our sin? God is blind to our sin because the blood of Jesus continually purifies us when we are walking in the light.

Have you touched someone in the name of Jesus, lately? Phil Ware talks about making God touchable and how we share the touch of Jesus with others.

How important is fellowship to you? Fellowship is so crucial and even more so in places that are hostile to faith: we must take advantage of our freedom to have fellowship.

Don't you wish you could erase life's mistakes? We’ve gotten better and better at correcting mistakes on our computer. God, through His son Jesus, let’s us correct life’s mistakes in an even more amazing way.

He was nitroglycerin; if you bumped him the wrong way, he blew up. Max Lucado reminds of what is necessary when we have failed publicly and why it is necessary.

Will turning the page on the calendar change your life? God can make our lives new, giving us a fresh start. He wipes out past mistakes, letting us begin again.

How do you spend your time? Jesus left us here to help others find life and know that resurrection is coming: we are in the resurrection business.

What's shining in that darkness? Rubel Shelly talks about how important it is for us to be light for the dark places of our world.

Jesus provided us the few simple words we need to return us to that place of righteousness in the eyes of our Father: “Forgive us our debts.” Phil Ware, with Chad Higgins, reminds us of the power of the simple words 'Forgive us our debts' and give us a daily practice to emphasize the power of these words.

"Dear Beloved, As God's child, you need to know that some truth is very basic and very simple. You also need to realize that the evil one, whom John....."