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Note: Forgive the rough voice, I was still getting over a cold.... We can get caught in a vicious cycle when fear keeps us from loving, and yet we can't love if we fear. the only way is to turn to doing love, taking the risk, and watch love push fear away. Third in the sermon series, “Jesus in the Eyes of John”. Based on 1 John 4:7-21. By Pastor Lars Hammar
The intricate graphic images I used in the sermon….
We come burdened with guilt and shame over things we've done, and often avoid approaching God for fear of condemnation instead of compassion. But God's love is greater than anything we do. By Pastor Lars Hammar
No matter what people in the world call you, or how much you have been shut out, you are adopted as a Child of God, loved and accepted in his eyes. By Pastor Lars Hammar
The big problem of discerning the truth in the face of overwhelming powers, and the temptation to believe in conspiracies and mystery cults, is nothing new. In fact, combating the lure of the gnostic cults with their promises of secret knowledge to the initiated is an underlying theme in the writings of John. This first in the series on "Jesus in the Eyes of John" looks at Gnosticism and how it affects language of light and dark, truth and falsehood, and finding God's love. By Pastor Lars Hammar.
Here’s my highly sophisticated drawing of the Gnostic universe.
