“V” is for Victory
What does it look like to have victory in Jesus Christ? It can often seem like we’re fighting an uphill battle in this world. Join Dr. Marty Baker as we unpack 1 John 5:1-5 and understand that in Jesus, we have overcome the world. Some twenty years after I graduated from High School, I received […]
Bold Faith Loves Radically
Love. All of us hunger for it. Its power changes everything. Join Dr. Marty Baker as we look at 1 John 4:7-21 and learn how the power of a bold faith empowers us to love radically. What does the watching world need to see in the local church? In a word: love. Note well, in […]
Bold Belief Constantly Searches for Truth
What is truth? Join Dr. Marty Baker as he takes us through 1 John 4:1-6 and helps us understand how bold belief constantly searches to get at the heart of what is true. Prior to Judah’s final fall as a nation in 586 B.C., the people were divided into two camps. Politicians, priests, and prophets, […]
Bold Belief is Sacrificial
Jesus sacrificially gave his life for us…what does it look like for us to sacrificially give our life for others? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 3:16-24 and unpack the ways that bold belief impacts the way we love the people around us. From the inception of the Church, […]
Bold Belief and Brotherly Love
What difference does it make when we show others the love of Jesus? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 3:10-15 and the principles behind bold belief and brotherly love. In his book Renaissance: The Power of the Gospel However Dark the Time, Os Guinness reminds Christians of just how culturally […]
Bold Belief in Tough Times – Part 3
How does being a child of God transform our understanding of who we are and how we live? How do righteousness and sin fit into the picture? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 3:4-9 and discover what Christ has done to set us free from sin. In 605 B.C., […]
Bold Belief in Tough Times – Part 2
What if we were to live in light of who Christ is and who He says we really are? What difference would it make? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 2:29-3:3 and continue to unpack what it means to have bold belief in tough times. As false, devious, and […]
Bold Belief in Tough Times – Part 1
What does it look like to remain in Jesus, even when things get hard? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 2:28 and discover together what it means to have bold belief in tough times. In light of the seemingly perpetual gains of wickedness, lawlessness, and outright perversion masquerading as […]
Consider the Tension
We live in the tension of maintaining a close intimate walk with Jesus and getting sidetracked by all of the other things in life. Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 2:24-27 and what it means to abide in Christ. I remember the day the nicely dressed and articulate man […]
Dealing With Deceivers
Deception can pop up in our world, including in the church. How do we deal with deceivers? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 2:19-24. As I have told you before, I love Four O’clock flowers. They are sturdy, handle heat well, bloom profusely, and produce their seed in the […]
The Last Hour
What does it mean to live in the last hour? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 2:18. The New Testament Church no sooner got off the proverbial ground than nefarious false teachers infiltrated its ranks seeking to destroy its unity and minimize its societal impact. Exhibit A is the […]
God’s Gracious Gifts Equip Us For Intimacy
Sinful worldviews tempt believers and unbelievers to sinful living. For example, the party spirit, which embraces the evil triad of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, lures both kinds of people into its trap. Those ensnared by this thinking conclude that life is all about living for the next wild week, lowering your inhibitions, and […]