Sermon #28 — Getting Rooted and Grounded in “Forever”– 1 John 2:12-17

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Pokeweed Berries; photo by GAC

How we interact with the “world” is a theme that is regularly addressed in the Bible.  The apostle John digs into that matter here in this passage of his first letter.  I explore a little bit of how the term “world” is used in the Bible.  It is presented in both a positive and a negative light.  The question the John helps us grapple with is how we are to live in the world without  drawing the core of our identity from it.  Who are we in Christ?  Where are the roots of our being set?  

Read 1 John 2:12-17.

Then listen to “Getting Rooted and Grounded in ‘Forever'”

©2012 Gary A. Chorpenning, all rights reserved.

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I am a husband, father, and grandfather. A small, town about fifteen miles west of Pittsburgh is home currently, though several other places have served that purpose before this. I maintain a YouTube channel of Bible teaching videos and a podcast of Bible teaching audio. I like to make things in my woodshop. I like taking photographs and use a lot of them in my blog posts. I go fishing in the local streams and lakes when I can. For thirty-nine years, I served as a pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York.

5 thoughts on “Sermon #28 — Getting Rooted and Grounded in “Forever”– 1 John 2:12-17”

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