The Valley Church Podcast

Becoming a follower of Jesus begins with repentance of sin (a change of mind about my sin) and faith (a trust in Christ's finished work on the Cross).

Jesus did not simply claim to be a "good moral teacher," he claimed to be the Christ, the Son of the living God. What are you going to do with that?!?

When we offer God the little we have, he multiplies it for his glory!

Praise God the effectiveness of the Gospel message rests not on our "wise and persuasive words" but on the power of the Holy Spirit!

God fills us with the oil of his Spirit so our cup can run over and impact the lives of others.

The greatest act of love and devotion to God is to love others with the love of Christ--we love because Christ first loved us!

The heart of John's letter pushes us past "not hating" to "loving others"--they are not the same thing!

As John moves into the core of his teaching on loving others well, he commands the Church to destroy hate and practice self-denial instead.

The full Gospel of salvation is about both a credited and LIVED righteousness.

Another foundation stone that John lays concerning loving others is our love of God's truth--we can't love others well until we love the truth more!