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Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail 1 Timothy3 : 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh,     was...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail In I Timothy: Those who make confident assertions about the Law (because I know what Scripture says!): The gospel is about humility, smallness, servanthood...not about winning or losing but placing ourselves under the grace of God. Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our liv...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommiz Paraphrase of 1 John 5:13-21 13 I have written this letter so that you who have believed God’s testimony about His Son may have confident possession of His eternal life. 14 Another thing we can have confidence about before Him is when we ask God for something that we know is in keeping with His character and desires, He will hear our requests. 15 Knowing that He hears t...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 1 John 5:1-12 E veryone who embraces Jesus as God’s Anointed Messiah is born of God’s eternal seed. It follows that one who loves the Father will love others that are also born of Him. 2 Concrete evidence that we love God’s children is that we love God and make it a habit to follow his directives. 3 Paying close attention to keeping His commandments is essen...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 1 John 5:1-12 Everyone who embraces Jesus as God’s Anointed Messiah is born of God’s eternal seed. It follows that one who loves the Father will love others that are also born of Him. 2 Concrete evidence that we love God’s children is that we love God and make it a habit to follow his directives. 3 Paying close attention to keeping His commandments is essent...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommtiz (Paraphrase) 1 John 4:7 Being so highly cherished by God, we should also love others. He IS the source of love and all who are personally Fathered by Him are compelled to love people. 8 People who don’t love others don’t really know God, for love is such an essential part of who God IS! 9 There was no greater manifestation or revelation of God’s love than when He sent...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 1 John 4:1-6 1 Precious children, be diligent to test for the source of every spirit since many lies are being taught. 2 Here is the bottom line: Every spirit that agrees that God appeared in the form of His Son Jesus Christ is from God. 3 Conversely, every spirit that won’t agree to that is not only not from God, but is also against the very Son He anointed...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 1 John 4:1-6 1 Precious children, be diligent to test for the source of every spirit since many lies are being taught. 2 Here is the bottom line: Every spirit that agrees that God appeared in the form of His Son Jesus Christ is from God. 3 Conversely, every spirit that won’t agree to that is not only not from God, but is also against the very Son He anointed...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 2018 1 John C h 3 1 Notice and ponder how immense the love God pours out into our lives, he even calls us his kids. Never doubt it, embrace it as truth! Understand that the world can’t recognize that any more than it recognizes Him. 2 So while we are dearly beloved children of the Father, we don’t know all the details of that yet. We can say that when He app...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz Paraphrase 1John Ch 3 1 Notice and ponder how immense the love God pours out into our lives, he even calls us his kids. Never doubt it, embrace it as truth! Understand that the world can’t recognize that any more than it recognizes Him. 2 So while we are dearly beloved children of the Father, we don’t know all the details of that yet. We can say that when He appears, w...

Send us Fan Mail Lee Sommitz (Paraphrase) 1 John 2:26-29 26 I wrote these things to warn you that many will seek to deceive you. 27 You, however, have the treasure of God’s anointing so you aren’t dependent on the teaching of other men. This anointing by God’s Spirit teaches you truth in every area of life. Just as it has taught you so far, choose to stay in close communion with God (to your benef...

Send us Fan Mail 1 John 2:15 - 25 (Paraphase by Lee Sommitz) 15 Make sure that none of you drift from our Father in your affections and fall in love with the world and its tantalations. You cannot love both God and the world at the same time. 16 To sum up, allowing the desire for short lived pleasures to overwhelm good judgement, or dwelling  on (obsession with) things that catch our eyes, or sett...

Send us Fan Mail First John Ch 2:1-14 (Lee Sommitz Paraphrase)  1 I am writing this to you as my cherished and dearly beloved children. My desire is that you would never sin again. However, when you do sin, never forget that we have One who acts as a legal counselor before the Judge on our behalf. He IS, that perfect One 2 who took our place, dying not only to pay for our sins, but for those of ev...

Send us Fan Mail First John Ch 2 :1-14 (Lee Sommitz Paraphrase) 1 I am writing this to you as my cherished and dearly beloved children. My desire is that you would never sin again. However, when you do sin, never forget that we have One who acts as a legal counselor before the Judge on our behalf. He IS, that perfect One 2 who took our place, dying not only to pay for our sins, but for those of ev...

Send us Fan Mail 1 John 1:5-10 (Paraphase by Lee Sommitz) 5 Thus inspired by God, we write this letter. God is perfectly pure Light. There is no darkness in His Being. 6 If anyone tells you that they have fellowship with God but refuse to walk next to Him in His light, they are liars who speak about, but don’t practice truth. 7 Everyone who walks hand in hand with Him in His light is not only in g...

Send us Fan Mail 1 John 1:1-4 (Paraphase by Lee Sommitz) 1 That which existed before time, was revealed to us personally. We heard Him with our ears and were eyewitnesses. We were (living with Him) in very close proximity, beholding the details of His facial expressions and privileged to literally rub shoulders with the Word of Life. 2 We lived with Him and are bursting to tell you all we know abo...

Send us Fan Mail  Paul says in Romans 12:1, “Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.” The gospel story and the identity we receive from it are the very mercies of God: His death covers my sin, His resurrection gives me hope in life, His covering gives me freedom...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding the Gospel  The Gospel of Jesus is rich and complex, yet simple. It has multiple aspects. At The Village, we think of the Gospel in a way that strives to honor its broader message, while acknowledging its simplicity and transforming power for our daily lives. Therefore, we focus on three aspects or parts of the Gospel: Story, Identity, Kingdom. Story Focuses on Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding the Gospel  The Gospel of Jesus is rich and complex, yet simple. It has multiple aspects. At The Village, we think of the Gospel in a way that strives to honor its broader message, while acknowledging its simplicity and transforming power for our daily lives. Therefore, we focus on three aspects or parts of the Gospel: Story, Identity, Kingdom. Story Focuses on Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail ever read Leviticus? Curious about what is actually in Deuteronomy? Job too much for you to handle? Minor and Major prophets? And what is the urim and thummim anyway??? Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word...