Love’s Assurance (1 John 4:12-20)

October 18, 2020May 6, 2021Kirk E. Miller

Love’s Assurance (1 John 4:12-20)
CrossWay Community Church
October 18th, 2020

https://anchor.fm/kirk-e-miller/episodes/Love-is-From-God-1-John-47-11-ektnf3

The Gospel for Christians

January 9, 2012May 6, 2021Kirk E. Miller

This message is the fourth and final message I delivered at Winterfest, 2011, at Lake Lundgren Bible Camp in Pembine, WI. Up until this point we had looked at the Gospel [Good News] of Christmas, the Gospel According to Jesus (the cost of discipleship), the Gospel’s [Inevitable] Effects on Those Who are Saved, and finally, in this message we looked specifically at Philippians 1:27-30 and how the Gospel is still the most important thing for us as believers. We took Paul’s principles from this passage and made multiple applications to our contemporary context of how the Gospel ought to affect our lives as believers.

Other Winterfest 2011 messages.

Podcast link.

The Gospel’s [Inevitable] Effects on Those Who are Saved

January 8, 2012May 6, 2021Kirk E. Miller

This is the third of four messages I gave at Winterfest at Lake Lundgren Bible Camp in December, 2011. In the previous message, The Gospel According to Jesus, we looked at what it takes to follow Christ. In this message, we examined the book of 1 John to see exactly what a follower of Jesus looks like. One of John’s goals in this epistle is to give assurance to those who are saved. On the other hand, his message is hopefully one of conviction for those who are not.

Other Winterfest 2011 messages.

Podcast link.

“Abiding: A Characteristic of All Believers” by Andy Naselli

December 31, 2011December 18, 2013Kirk E. Miller

In this article, Andy Naselli discusses the beginning of John 15 and Jesus’ command, “Abide in Me, and I in you” (v.4). The article seeks to answer two questions many have posed regarding this passage. First, who are those represented by first type of branch that abide in Christ and therefore bear much fruit? Does this speak of some or all believers? Are these spiritual Christians or is abiding in Christ a characteristic of every true believer? Second, who are those represented by the second type of branch that never bears fruit and is therefore cut off? Is this a once saved believer who loses his salvation? Is this a saved yet unfruitful believer whom God is chastising? Or might this simply be a professing believer is not truly saved? Obviously, such questions have immense soteriological implications.