Welcome Back! Or just Welcome Welcome if you're new around here. We are back from our extended Spring Break with a brand new study of the New Testament books of 1-2-3 John.

I am super excited to introduce these letters to you today where the Apostle John takes on false teachers who were infiltrating the churches around Ephesus where John was now living. These false teachers were confusing believers to the extent that believers were asking the question "What gospel do we believe?"

John answers this question in a way that leaves no room for error, and is meant to comfort his readers that the true gospel is that which was heard from Jesus, the Son of God.

Some of the major themes that run through these letters are:

*the true doctrine of the Son of God

*abiding

*the "new-old" commandment

*fellowship & joy

*light & darkness

*love and obedience

*truth & lies

*antichrist & the world

Jot these down as we will refer to them often as we move through these letters.

Be sure to listen all the way to the end of the episode for a little twist to get us started and don't forget to invite a friend to join us!

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Hey Walkies. It's the moment you've all been waiting for. The announcement for our Spring/Summer Bible Study is here. Annnndddd...you'll have to listen to the episode, I'm not gonna give it away here!!

I'll catch you up on what I've been doing during our little break, you'll hear what we will be studying, and I'll give you an outline for what it's going to look like calendar-wise.

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Hey Hey Walkies! It's Bonus Episode time. This is one that I have had on the back burner for a while now. We first talked about it way back in Episode 41, where we see Abraham preparing a meal to serve to the LORD and two angels who come to visit. It was an intimate time of fellowship and connection, and I mentioned how often we see Jesus use this tool of sharing a meal in the gospels to do the same thing, connect with people and then teach them about his kingdom.

Food is one of my favorite topics. I love to eat food, I love to cook food, I love to share food, I love to grow food...I pretty much love everything about food except doing the dishes. But just like everything else in the fall of creation, our relationship with food is broken. It is not what it was meant to be. Just like everything else in creation, God has to redeem and restore food and its purpose because humanity has twisted it from God's original design.

When you start exploring this theme, you will find the Bible holds an entire Theology of Food. God has a lot to say about how we relate to one another and how we should relate to him....through food imagery. It is a physical and spiritual need that all humans share. Now we don't get to explore the entire Theology of Food today, but we do get to dive into the one aspect of how God is restoring fellowship with his people through the table. He constantly invites us to sit at his table and feast in his presence. You may find it surprising how common this theme is in Scripture.

I hope you enjoy this bonus episode, and if you do, please share it with a friend. Invite them to the table. There is always room.

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