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To be a Christian is to be a student. The word “disciple” means “student”, and before he ascended to Heaven, Jesus’s final command to his students was that they should go into all the world and teach, making more students (Matthew 28:19-20). As Christians

Corey Olsen


    • Apr 8, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 80: God's Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 81:36


    Let's talk about how God has given us His Spirit, and what that has done for us.

    Episode 79: Seeing God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 90:17


    What prompts John to unexpectedly declare, 'Nobody has seen God'?

    Episode 78: Wherein Is Love?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 74:29


    Once upon a time, a bible study group looked at 1 John and discussed the very good reasons why we should love each other.

    Episode 77: Love and Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 94:06


    ...in which we look at how John connects being born of God with knowing the Son of God - and how this relates to the revelation of His love.

    Episode 76: Let Us Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 84:06


    In what way was the love of God revealed, and why was that done?

    Episode 75: What is Truth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 71:21


    A discussion on the nature of truth, and how we can recognize the spirit of truth.

    Episode 74: Knowing and Hearing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 94:24


    We've studied Spirits both evil and of God, but what does John say about us, about those who listen to us, and how we can know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error?

    Episode 73: A Worldy Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 77:22


    In this session we continue to focus on distinguishing between the Spirit of God and the spirit of error and what it means that some spirits are of/in/from/out of the world.

    Episode 72: Overcoming the One in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 87:10


    In this session we back up a bit to more thoroughly re-examine and better understand the state of being in God and overcoming spirits.

    Episode 71: Testing the Inspiration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 82:34


    Even more thoughts and dicussion about spirits - and why we must test them.

    Episode 70: A Tale of Two Spirits

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 83:57


    What does it mean to test the spirits, be they of God or other source?

    Episode 69: Spirits and Prophets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 96:55


    We begin to discuss the commandment against trusting every spirit, and to test whether they are of God.

    Episode 68: The Present and Future Promise

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 78:54


    We talk about the degree in which the measure of sin in us - or lack of it - helps indicate the degree to which God is in us. But how do we know this?

    Episode 67: Now Introducing: The Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 84:57


    We continue to study God's great commandment, and that the one keeping the commandments abides in Him. We also spend some quality time focusing on how extremely difficult it can be to seek out the truth in the Bible, especially for someone who intends to follow the commandments within.

    Episode 66: The Commandment!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 85:44


    We look further into the great commandment of God. John is very meticulous in his description.

    Episode 65: On the Granting of Prayers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 80:50


    Finally, we arrive at the great commandment of God. John has been leading up to this and this episode, we see it unveiled.

    Episode 64: God's Knowledge and Ours

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 80:12


    "This is how we know..." The way John assures us that we are in truth is very complicated. Let's try to untangle it.

    Episode 63: What Is Love?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 81:45


    How can we know that we are of the truth?

    Episode 62: Works of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 86:10


    Join us as we begin a detailed analysis of the importance of "words, deeds, and truth." We also discuss how "brothers" implies the sibling connection of Cain and Abel somewhat differently than the colloquial "brothers and sisters." Bonus word: Teknia!

    Episode 61: The Life of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 83:25


    While exploring the various different meanings of the word 'life,' we really get to the 'guts' of the matter.

    Episode 60: Knowing Love and Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 83:42


    That big verb: 'KNOWING' - and the way in which John applies it to love and life.

    Episode 59: Choosing Life and Losing Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 88:32


    In verses 14 and 15, we looked at murder and hatred. Today we ask the question: what exactly is this laying down of one's life?

    Episode 58: A Life And Death Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 93:59


    In verse 13, we started exploring the concept of death. Now, we delve into the profound subject of murder. What does it truly mean to murder, and how does hatred play a role in this act? Join us as we unpack these complex questions.

    Episode 57: Abiding in Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 87:08


    Today we look at John's interesting expansion of the topic from just discussing Cain to one of the wider world, death and life.

    Episode 56: Why, Cain?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 84:20


    We continue to examine how the order to 'love your brother' constrasts with the example of Cain and Abel. What does this sibling relationship demonstrate to us, and what does it imply about our positions as children of God?

    Episode 55: Loving or Slaying

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 93:13


    This week we turn from the positive message about loving your brother to the (rather extreme) negative example: Cain. But why does John reach for this extreme example?

    Episode 54: Speaking of Not Loving Your Brother...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 81:06


    We look more closely at John's definitions of loving one another and loving God.

    Episode 53: How to Do Righteousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 77:56


    We begin to understand the connection between loving one another and loving God - and what the opposite might mean.

    Episode 52: The Revelation of the Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 71:36


    A breakthrough in our discussion of 1 John 3:7-10 as we come to grips with the meaning of John's convicting words.

    Episode 51: Doing and Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 71:03


    We devote additional study to these important verses.

    Episode 50: The Imperative to Abide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 64:38


    In this abbreviated study time, we spend more time focusing on 1 John 3:8&9.

    Episode 49: Sin: The Big Picture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 100:16


    ...in which we finally begin to focus more closely on this vital, but sometimes troubling, verse 8.

    Episode 48: Do Not Be Led Astray

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 82:08


    This week we survey verses 7-9 of 1 John 3, a section that seems to serve as a glue, holding together the other adjoining sections that we will examine more closely in the future. And who is this Diablo fellow, anyway?

    Episode 47: The Problem Verse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 101:37


    In this lesson, our focus is on a verse that has proven to be problematic for so many people.

    Episode 46: God and Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 87:21


    In this lesson, Corey deep-dives into verse 5 of chapter 3, focusing on what is meant by the taking away of sin.

    Episode 45: Sin and the Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 87:36


    In this lesson, as we spend some time in review of the abiding in Him and living in righteousness, and of our destiny to be like Him. We then turn to 3:4-10 and look at sin and lawlessness. In turning to this paragraph, we look at the heart of the struggles that many people have with 1 John: the hard words that no one who abides in Him sins, and no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. A close look at the meaning of the word 'sin' in this context is warranted!

    Episode 44: Hope and Holiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 86:53


    In this lesson, as we learn more about who we are, and who we are going to become, we study how everyone with the hope on Him, The Pure One, purifies themselves - and about the causal relationship between this and His own purity.

    Episode 43: What We Will Be

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 90:21


    We are the children of God, but we do not yet appear so. When he appears, then we will be like Him. But what does it mean that he will appear, and what will we then be?

    Episode 42: The Knowledge of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 86:26


    Because we are called children of God, The world doesn't know us ... but also because it doesn't know Him.

    Episode 41: Children of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 98:47


    Before moving on to chapter 3, we review what we've learned from chapters 1 and 2. In particular, the relationship between abiding, being born of, and the anointing is considered. In chapter 3, we highlight the astounding idea that being called children of God is indicative of God's great love for us.

    Episode 40: Knowing and Doing Righteousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 89:58


    A Discussion of 1 John 2:28: Finally: Paragraph 8! The big word today is 'righteousness!' This seems to be a word associated with birth and parentage - but is there more?

    Episode 39: Boldness and Shame

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023 91:24


    A Discussion of 1 John 2:27-8: What would it mean to shrink away from Him in shame "in His coming?"

    Episode 38: The Anointing: What, How and Why

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 75:40


    A Discussion of 1 John 2:27: What is the anointing, who has it, how do we get it, and what is it for? And what does it tell us about the anointed one?

    Episode 37: Anointing and Abiding

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 86:34


    Episode 36: The 'Leading Astray' Ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 85:40


    Finally: we move into verse 26 of 1 John Chapter 2!

    Episode 35: The Chrisma and the Abiding

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 95:34


    A Discussion of 1 John 2:18-25, in which we abide in these verses for so long, you may wonder if you are already experiencing eternal life! Nonetheless, we must get to the bottom of them!

    Episode 34: The 'Denying the Father and the Son' Ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 77:21


    The one who denies that Jesus is the Christ, the anointed one, is a liar. The one who denies Jesus and the Father is the antichrist, the anti-anointed one. We explore this theme in this episode, a Discussion of 1 John 2:18-25.

    Episode 33: Speaking and Having

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 85:17


    We take another, closer look at these compelling verses, and at the anointing, the anti-anointing, liars and the truth, denying the Father and the Son, and abiding.

    Episode 32: What Do We Know?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 80:37


    Lets talk about what it is that John says we all know - and what it is that is empowering us to know it.

    Episode 31: Made Manifest

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 93:34


    More antichrist talk? A further exploration of "those who went out from us."

    Episode 30: We've Had One Antichrist, Yes. But What About Other Antichrists?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 87:54


    We unwind the long and entangled discussion that John gives us on antichrist in verses 2:18-20, paying close attention to the "they went out from us" passage.

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