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Table Talk: Describe a time when you felt particularly close to the Lord. How would that experience have been different if He had been physically present?
[“Table Talk” is an opening question or topic for discussion at the beginning of our time together. The intent is to help group members (around tables, with four to six at each table) build connections with each other, as well as to guide thinking in a direction related to the passage.]
John’s letters are only a part, even the smallest part, of his contributions to the New Testament. Our first exploration of 1 John began with a discussion of how those letters relate to the Gospel he wrote and the Revelation given to him. What are our general impressions of all those books? What can we infer about the relationship of very different works by the same author? (As I mentioned in the group, our study assumes that the Apostle John was the author of the Gospel, the letters, and Revelation. For more information about the date, authorship, etc., see The Letters of John – A Brief Introduction.) Continue reading