Eternity Church Podcast

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. Just a few short weeks ago we set out from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to walk the camino across Northern Spain. As our traveling companion and spiritual guide, we took John's first letter. It has comforted and challenged us on the journey. He has soothed our fears and embraced us in God’s love. He has also raised questions and ideas we would have preferred he didn’t bring up while we walked the pilgrim’s path. And, with the cathedral in Santiago on the horizon, we have arrived at the close of the Apostle’s letter. Reading his words in 1 John 5.13-21, we ask ourselves the same questions that we started out with, this time from a place of earnest hindsight rather than wishful thinking:Are we hearing the Word when we gather together?Are we confessing the Word with our brothers and sisters in Christ as well as those who have yet to know Jesus as Lord?Are we incarnating the Word everywhere we go?Are we abiding in the Word, being in the presence of the Lord and radiating