Born of God Overcomes the World
1 John 5:1-5 · Preached July 12, 2026
John's claim that God's commands are not burdensome only makes sense when we understand what the new birth actually does to a person.
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Water, Blood, and Eternal Life
1 John 5:6-12 · Preached July 19, 2026
John, the last living eyewitness closest to Jesus, wrote to correct the idea that Jesus was merely a man who became divine.
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Confident Prayer to Our Father
1 John 5:13-15 · Preached July 26, 2026
Many Christians wonder whether their prayers are heard, but John writes that believers can approach God with genuine confidence.
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Asking for a Friend: Hard Questions Answered
1 John 1:9 · Preached October 4, 2026
Pastor Craig addresses questions on abortion, marijuana, sexual sin, politics, and hearing God's voice using biblical principles rather than cultural opinion.
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Each one was written from a different sermon on 1 John, in that pastor's own voice. Pick a sermon and read all five days free.
Born of God Overcomes the World
“There's a verse in 1 John that sounds almost too good to be true: God's commands are "not burdensome. " If you've ever tried to follow God faithfully and found it exhausting, you probably read that and thought, Something must be wrong with me.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalWater, Blood, and Eternal Life
“Understanding the Truth Have you ever heard someone say they admire Jesus, his wisdom, his kindness, his example, but stop short of believing he's actually God?”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalConfident Prayer to Our Father
“You might be asking for a specific outcome, a job, a relationship, a door to open. And God hears every word. But he also hears what's underneath: the longing for security, for belonging, for meaning, for peace.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalAsking for a Friend: Hard Questions Answered
“The pastor described it simply: the more you know God's word, the more you become like Jesus, and the more you're around wise people, the more you'll recognize his voice. That's not a complicated formula. It's just a life lived close to him.”
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Ready-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on 1 John. Open one and take it to your group this week.
Born of God Overcomes the World
“The sermon's central claim is that we don't overcome the world through sheer willpower or grit, but through faith in Christ and the new heart God gives us, a heart that begins to find greater pleasure in God than in anything the world offers.”
Open the discussion guideWater, Blood, and Eternal Life
“Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.”
Open the discussion guideConfident Prayer to Our Father
“Think of a time when you were really hoping for something, maybe as a kid, maybe recently, and you either got it or didn't get it.”
Open the discussion guideAsking for a Friend: Hard Questions Answered
“A Note to Facilitators: This week's sermon covered several sensitive topics, marijuana and alcohol, abortion, sexual past, and hearing God's voice. People in your group may carry personal experiences related to any of these areas.”
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For groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on 1 John passage by passage.
Born of God Overcomes the World
“The new birth doesn't lower God's standards, it gives us new hearts that genuinely desire what God desires, so that following him becomes less like carrying a weight and more like waking up from a bad dream.”
Open the deep study guideWater, Blood, and Eternal Life
“Share with your group in your own words: The New Testament was written over roughly 50 years, from about AD 50 to AD 100. The earliest letters, books like Galatians and 1 Thessalonians,”
Open the deep study guideConfident Prayer to Our Father
“Hebrews 5:7 says Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane was heard, yet he still went to the cross. How does that inform what "God heard me" actually means? Can a prayer be fully heard and answered even when the specific request is denied?”
Open the deep study guideAsking for a Friend: Hard Questions Answered
“This session explores the unifying question beneath a wide range of difficult topics, who or what gets the final word in our lives? The sermon moved through questions about substance use, abortion, sexual past,”
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Short quizzes that check whether a sermon on 1 John landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
Born of God Overcomes the World
“According to 1 John 5:3, what does John say about God's commandments that the pastor found so hard to accept at first?”
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“According to the Gnostic argument that John was refuting, when did Jesus supposedly become divine?”
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“According to Hebrews 5:7, what does the Bible say about Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane?”
Take the sermon quizAsking for a Friend: Hard Questions Answered
“What does Pastor Craig say is the 'question underneath all the questions' throughout the entire 'Asking for a Friend' series?”
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