Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me postcards A group of people working together can accomplish significantly more than when each person works alone This is synergy From the Apostle John's third letter from Ephesus Pastor Davey expounds upon the call for Christians to work together--in synergy--to support each other Specifically as John writes we are obligated to financially provide for the Lord's workers But more than obligation giving is our opportunity to joyfully join in the labor to further the Gospel [... more]

Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me postcards Third John is a personal letter between the great Apostle John and one of his closest friends and it's astounding that the issues they faced haven't changed much over the past two millennia As Pastor Davey unpacks the first four introductory verses he raises five questions for which the answers are known only to each of us respectively and to God So let's use these promptings as a mirror for our souls and reflect upon how we are progressing in our own walk [... more]

Why do several historic Christian creeds begin by expressing faith in God the Father Almighty Today Michael Reeves explains that the fatherhood of God is foundational to understanding His character and our identity as His children in Christ Get 'We Believe Creeds Catechisms and Confessions of Faith' for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org we-believe Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries Explore all of our podcasts https www ligonier org podcasts [... more]

Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me postcards As Christians living in a world of heretical teaching we don't need to know about every false religion or belief we just have to know the Truth We must keep our eyes open to recognize the shiny distractions of the enemy Moreover as the Apostle John writes in these verses we must shut our doors to those trying to convince us of another gospel And we must close our wallets to them--don't buy their books watch their shows etc --or we'll be helping [... more]

Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me postcards Today as it was in the Garden of Eden the enemy chips away at God's truth through patient erosion--he tweaks and adapts it until what is believed is no truth at all Therefore it's not surprising that our current culture embraces so many lies As parents our goal is that our children choose to walk in truth and this lesson from John calls us to be encouraged when they are and to keep praying when they're not [... more]

ldquo In everything we look for pleasant ways of serving God rdquo writes sixteenth-century believer Teresa of Avila She poignantly reflects on the many ways we seek to stay in control through easier more ldquo pleasant rdquo methods than total surrender to God We tend to slowly tentatively and even reluctantly grow to trust Him with all of ourselves And so Teresa confesses ldquo even as we measure out our lives to you a bit at a time we must be content to receive your gifts drop by drop until we have surrendered our lives wholly to you rdquo As [... more]

When Sherman Smith recruited Deland McCullough to play American football for Miami University he loved Deland and became the father Deland never had Deland had great admiration for Sherman and aimed to become the man he was Decades later when Deland tracked down his birth mom she shocked him with the news ldquo Your father rsquo s name is Sherman Smith rdquo Yes that Sherman Smith Coach Smith was stunned to learn he had a son and Deland was stunned that his father figure was literally his father The next time they met Sherman hugged Deland and said ldquo My [... more]

In Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States Norton had made mdash and lost mdash his fortune in San Francisco shipping but he wanted a new identity America rsquo s first emperor When the San Francisco Evening Bulletin printed ldquo Emperor rdquo Norton rsquo s announcement most readers laughed Norton made pronouncements aimed at correcting society rsquo s ills printed his own currency and even wrote letters to Queen Victoria asking her to marry him and unite their kingdoms He wore royal military uniforms designed by local tailors One observer said Norton looked ldquo every inch a [... more]

Three-year-old Dylan McCoy had just learned to swim when he fell through a rotted plywood covering into a forty-foot deep stone-walled well in his grandfather rsquo s backyard Dylan managed to stay afloat in ten feet of water until his father climbed down the slippery rocks to rescue him Firefighters brought ropes to raise the boy but the father was so worried about his son that he hastily climbed down to make sure he was safe Oh the love of a parent Oh the lengths and depths we will go for our children When the apostle John writes to believers [... more]

With the global coronavirus pandemic that has let to governments enacting strict shutdowns across the world Christians are naturally wondering whether this could be a stepping stone to the events the apostle John writes about in the Bible's final book of Revelation which details a rapture snatching away of followers of Christ global governance led by a leader called Anti-Christ worldwide tribulation and the long-expected return of Jesus Christ After all Jesus says in Matthew be on the alert for you do not know which day your Lord is coming for the Son of Man is coming at an hour [... more]

A group of people working together can accomplish significantly more than when each person works alone This is synergy From the Apostle John's third letter from Ephesus Pastor Davey expounds upon the call for Christians to work together--in synergy--to support each other Specifically as John writes we are obligated to financially provide for the Lord's workers But more than obligation giving is our opportunity to joyfully join in the labor to further the Gospel [... more]

As Christians living in a world of heretical teaching we don't need to know about every false religion or belief we just have to know the Truth We must keep our eyes open to recognize the shiny distractions of the enemy Moreover as the Apostle John writes in these verses we must shut our doors to those trying to convince us of another gospel And we must close our wallets to them--don't buy their books watch their shows etc --or we'll be helping to spread the lies [... more]