Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Irreducible Minimum

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but … Continue reading →

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An Either Or Proposition

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world . If anyone loves the world , the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world , the lust of … Continue reading →

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All Grow’d Up

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to … Continue reading →

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Blinded by the Light

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining. 9 The one who says he … Continue reading →

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Love Perfected

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for … Continue reading →

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Practice Making Perfect

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Rick Reynolds

1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—2 and the life was manifested, and we have … Continue reading →

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