Posted by Renae on Apr 30th, 2009 | 5 comments 
I John 2:24-25 “See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us – even eternal life.”
I have been a Christian for a long time. Decades. And during that time, I have witnessed some pretty interesting discussions about the Christian faith. Discussions about...
Posted by Renae on Apr 29th, 2009 | 3 comments
I John 2:22-23 “Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the anti-christ – he denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”
John’s use of the word anti-christ here can be taken by its literal meaning: against Christ. He is referring to false teachers who...
Posted by Renae on Apr 28th, 2009 | 5 comments
I John 2:21 “I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.”
I’ve always heard you should crack an egg in a bowl by itself before adding it to the others. This way, if it’s bad, the whole batch isn’t ruined. One bad egg in a bowl of good ones contaminates the whole bowl. But one good one...
Posted by Renae on Apr 27th, 2009 | 0 comments
I John 2:20 “But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.”
Have you ever served on a jury? I have, and it wasn’t an easy task. Both the defendant and the plaintiff had their versions of the truth, and it was the jury’s job to figure out what was truth and what wasn’t. If we had known the truth to begin with, our task would have been...
Posted by Renae on Apr 26th, 2009 | 4 comments
I John 2:18-19 “Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went away from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have stayed with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.”
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Renae Brumbaugh is an author, humor columnist, pastor's wife, mom, seventh grade English teacher, and undercover superhero. Her articles have appeared in publications such as In Touch, Vista, Live, Focus on Your Child, and others. In her free time, Renae enjoys keeping her dear husband in line, carting her children around, and single-handedly ridding the world of the color chartreuse. She drinks entirely too much coffee, in an effort to boost the economy and keep Brazilian farmers in business. Renae writes Bible studies, mystery novels, and lots of other stuff. Learn more about Renae at www.RenaeBrumbaugh.com.
