A foundational doctrine of the faith — explore linked teachings below.
The Word From the Beginning | 1 John 1 Bible Teaching
Oct 8, 2026
God sanctifies his people through his Word, separating them from sinful influence and enabling holy conduct, faithful endurance, and nonconformity to the world.
The Boastful Pride of Life | 1 John 2:15-17 Bible Teaching
Sep 10, 2026
The pride of life boasts in self-made wisdom, power, and possessions, but believers must acknowledge dependence on God, glory in Christ alone, and use their resources in sincere love.
The Pride of Life, Giving, and Loving the World | 1 John 2
Sep 6, 2026
Because life and worldly goods are passing away, believers must reject pride, submit to God, and give themselves, their compassion, time, knowledge, and resources in active love.
The Word, Love, and Obedience | 1 John 2 Bible Teaching
Faithful Christian life joins trust in Christ's advocacy with repentance, obedience to God's word, brotherly love, rejection of worldliness, and holiness that begins in the home.
Proverbs 30:5: Every Word of God Is Pure and a Shield
Sep 5, 2026
Genuine faith in Christ comes to the light and is evidenced by obedience, receptiveness to correction, and practical love for fellow believers.
Walking in the Light: 1 John 2:9-11 Bible Teaching
Sep 3, 2026
True faith in Christ is evidenced by brotherly love and deeds of truth, while persistent hatred exposes spiritual darkness, blindness, and a profession contradicted by conduct.
Keep to the Narrow Way | Deny Yourself and Follow Christ
Aug 23, 2026
Salvation rests entirely on Christ’s completed work and God’s grace through faith, while repentance, obedience, endurance, and good works necessarily flow from belonging to Christ.
Remembering Our Evil Ways | Ezekiel 36:31 & Psalm 51
Aug 6, 2026
The Holy Spirit causes renewed believers to remember and recognize their own evil ways so that they remain repentant, humble, obedient, and dependent upon God’s mercy.
Love Not the World | 1 John 2:15-17 Bible Teaching
Jul 20, 2026
Believers must reject worldly corruption, receive God’s enduring word with faith and repentance, pursue holiness and justice, and trust the Lord to preserve them from evil.
Prepare Your Heart to Hear and Do God's Word | Bible Study Prayer
May 28, 2026
Because falsehood and sin spread destructively, believers must rely on Christ’s saving work, study Scripture faithfully, reject error, pursue holiness, and persevere in obedient truth.
Narrow Hodos Bible Study: Repentance, Obedience, and Truth
May 7, 2026
Believers must repent, obey Scripture, preserve sound doctrine, and follow Christ above every competing relationship, regardless of suffering or opposition.
Tribute to Candace Jean Whitfield | Hope in Christ
May 1, 2026
Believers may grieve, but Christ’s resurrection assures that those who die in him rest in hope, will be bodily raised, and will share his final victory over death.
Morning Bible Study: Walking in the Narrow Way Through God's Word
Apr 19, 2026
Believers must repent, reject pride and human tradition, receive biblical correction, and submit their minds and lives to Christ’s narrow way through the Spirit’s help.
Spiritual Warfare: Know Your Enemy | Isaiah 14:12-15
Apr 13, 2026
Believers must identify sin, self, Satan, and the world as their true enemies, resist temptation through Scripture and prayer, examine their own hearts, and stand together in Christ.
Repentance, Obedience & the Narrow Way | Bible Teaching
Apr 12, 2026
True discipleship requires daily repentance, self-denial, immediate obedience to Scripture, trust in God’s sovereignty, and perseverance in the narrow way despite correction and opposition.
Conditional Promises, New Covenant Israel & Exodus 19
Exodus 19:5 shows that Israel’s covenant privileges required obedience, while the law exposes sin but cannot justify or give the inward life supplied through the new-covenant Spirit.
Titus 2: False Doctrine, Apostasy, and Sound Doctrine
Sound doctrine must produce holiness, mature discipleship, attentive reception of biblical preaching, and concrete obedience rather than merely nominal Christian identity.