Larry Coleman

I John 3:18 says. “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” As a child I hated reading, along with school. I never read a book of any substance until my sophomore year. That book was “Great Expectations,” by Charles Dickens. I was home sick […]

I John 3:7 says, “Little Children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.” While bringing a busload of kids down my mountain bus route one morning, I worked my way along a steep mountain cut-out. On the left the mountain rose steeply. On the right was

I John 2:26 states, “These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” One Sunday morning when the church service had ended, a man appeared in the back of the sanctuary claiming to be the prophet, John. He said a few pious things and quoted a Scripture, then to prove his authenticity,

I John 2:15 says, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” As we were waiting to board a horse-drawn hay wagon to go Christmas caroling, a little girl was crying—more like screaming. There was a

I John 2:10 states, “He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.” Not everybody has a brother. My dad was an only child. I had a brother for ten years. My wife, Donna, had a brother that died shortly after his birth. Donna and I

I John 2:3 says, “And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.” We have all broken a commandment. And if we have broken one we are guilty of them all (James 2:10). Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15).   I talked with a man who

I John 1:7 states, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” John wrote the text with the purpose “that our joy may be full” (I John 1:4). Many miss this

I John 1:9 states, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Why is it so hard to simply confess our sins? I don’t know if it is still popular to say, “Oops, my bad.” It is like saying, “I was

I John 2:1 states, “My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” The text begins with “My little children….” As a child, we sooner or later become aware of the idea of sin and

Luke 24:49 says,  “And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” In the 1930s my dad bought a John C. Dueber pocket watch. His dad wanted it. “I don’t know why you should have a