Part 7 of series: What is the Christian Life? Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post, I showed how 1 John connects fellowship with God and fellowship with people in such a way that they are virtually inseparable. Although this notion might be surprising to some of us who…

Part 6 of series: What is the Christian Life? Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post I proposed that the Christian life is koinonia, which should be understood as intimate fellowship. This koinonia is with God through Jesus Christ, but not only with God. I’ll explain what I mean…

Part 5 of series: What is the Christian Life? Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post in this series, I asked: What is the life revealed by God? The answer of John in his first letter is: Jesus Christ. Through the one who is the Life, we experience the…

Part 4 of series: What is the Christian Life? Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In the opening verses of 1 John, we discover some essential characteristics of the life revealed by God. First, it was “from the beginning” (1:1). Second, it is something John has experienced personally: heard, seen, and touched…

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