What Is Truth?

Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; 1 John 5:9-13, 20

Sometimes it's a lot of work translating the Bible into our language. It's more than an issue of it being written in a different language; sometimes there are cultural forces at work as well. This week we looked at one of those things that takes some extra translation: "truth" in the Bible isn't always the same thing as what we might assume.

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Preached on May 24, 2009 at PLWC.

Redefining Terms

Reading: John 15:9-17; 1 John 5:1-6

We're continuing through 1 John, sort of a meat-and-potatoes book that fills you up without wasting time with any fluff. This week we're looking at why John thought it was so important that his readers accept that Jesus was God's Messiah in the flesh.

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Preached on May 17, 2009 at PLWC.

On Grandma's Lap

Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:13; 1 John 4:7-21

We continued in 1 John this week in a passage that sounds an awful lot like last week's. That's not a bad thing, though -- some things are worth repeating.

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Preached on May 10, 2009 at PLWC.

Gift and Giver

Reading: Ezekiel 36:22-27; 1 John 3:14-24

There was no sermon for last week since we had a special speaker visiting. This week, however, we're reading from 1 John about the presence of the Holy Spirit as God's gift to us.

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Preached on May 3, 2009 at PLWC.