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Trials From Without - Lesson 7 - New Relationships
Peter 1:22-25 22 Since you have, in obedience to the truth, purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one...

George Stepan
Dec 21, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 6 - Valuing Redemption
Peter 1:17-21 17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during...

George Stepan
Dec 14, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 5 - Healthy Thinking
Peter 1:13-16 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to...

George Stepan
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 4 - Introduction to Inspiration
Peter 1:10-12 10 As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and...

George Stepan
Nov 4, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 3 - The Value of Trials
Peter 1:6-9 6 In this,, you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various...

George Stepan
Nov 2, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 2 - You Are Protected
Peter 1:3-5 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to His great mercy, has caused us to be born again...

George Stepan
Oct 26, 20223 min read


Trials From Without - Lesson 1 - Let’s Get Acquainted
Peter 1:1,2 1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,...

George Stepan
Oct 24, 20223 min read


Eternal Life Is In Jesus - Lesson 12
1 John 5:10-21 (NLT2) 10 All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe...

George Stepan
Oct 19, 20223 min read


Here Are Some Absolutes - Lesson 11
1 John 5:1-9 (NLT2) 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ that has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father...

George Stepan
Oct 17, 20222 min read


The Spirit In You Is Greater - Lesson 10
1 John 4:1-21 (NLT2) 1 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit...

George Stepan
Oct 12, 20223 min read


You Have Salvation- Lesson 9
1 John 3:1-10 (NLT2) 1 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who...

George Stepan
Oct 7, 20222 min read


Remain in Fellowship, Live In Confidence - Lesson 8
1 John 2:28-29 (NLT2) 28 And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage...

George Stepan
Oct 5, 20221 min read


Antichrists Are Liars – Don’t Be Fooled - Lesson 7
1 John 2:18-27 (NLT2) 18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such...

George Stepan
Oct 3, 20222 min read


The Christian Relating To The World - Lesson 6
1 John 2:15-17 (NLT2) 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of...

George Stepan
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Skillful Spiritual Warfare - Lesson 5
1 John 2:7-11 (NLT2) 12 I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus. 13 I am writing...

George Stepan
Sep 28, 20222 min read


The Power Of Love - Lesson 4
1 John 2:7-11 (NLT2) 7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very...

George Stepan
Sep 26, 20222 min read


We Have An Advocate - Lesson 3
1 John 2:1-6 (NLT2) 1 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate...

George Stepan
Sep 23, 20222 min read


Synthetic Reasoning - Lesson 2
1 John 1:5-10 (NLT2) 5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at...

George Stepan
Sep 14, 20222 min read


Introduction to Jesus - Lesson 1
1 John 1:1-4 (NLT2) 1 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own...

George Stepan
Sep 12, 20222 min read


No Shame – Confidence!
1 John 2:28 and John 15:5 28 Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away...

George Stepan
Sep 9, 20221 min read
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