I wonder if there’s going to be a video, Secret Service Gone Wild.
It’s big news this week about how the Secret Service advance team for the President, along with some military folks, spent their advance time with prostitutes in Cartagena, Columbia.
A church home page should probably be above mentioning something so sordid, but it leads to a confession.
My own.
I wasn’t shocked.
I don’t think that I’m particularly negative or cynical. What concerns me is that I’ve grown accustomed to a dark world, where apparently “good people” do some really bad things.
At the Gathering Church this Sunday we are on the front end of a new study in 1 John. This letter uses the simplest language to draw contrast between the things that help people experience God and the things that destroy us.
Light – Darkness
Truth – Lies
Love – Hate
Of God – Of The Devil
I have to admit, I’ve never been much of a fan of 1 John, except for a few select verses that we all love. (Gee, my second confession in this post.) Its style is repetitive, like a NASCAR race, round and round. But as I study it, the power of this letter comes out.
For instance, it challenges us to understand what authentic experience with God really looks like. John explains why there are Christians who aren’t really Christians at all.
What is life with God really like? This series, Included: Participating in the Life of God, will help us know the reality of God.
This week – Light: The Way of Honesty, 1 John 1:5-2:2.