Category Archives: Bible

This is Love

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Don Merritt

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love … Continue reading →

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Test the Spirits

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Don Merritt

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Know for Sure?

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Don Merritt

This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. … Continue reading →

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Love is Active

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Don Merritt

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in … Continue reading →

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Relationships… with God

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Don Merritt

Welcome back to the bus!  We’re back on the road again on our journey of discovery, as we explore this theory: “Christian theology is not particularly difficult to understand.  Its precepts and premises are fairly simple, it was given to … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: The Paradox of Pursuit

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Don Merritt

I am very pleased to present a guest post by Ricky Lovestrand of https://religiousnutspiritual.com/ . I hope you enjoy his post here, and that you will check out his blog linked abouve. How should a genuine seeker go about finding … Continue reading →

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What we have Heard from the Beginning

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Don Merritt

For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his … Continue reading →

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Go and do likewise

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Don Merritt

Welcome back to our road trip, our journey of discovery, as we examine that little theory of mine.  We’ve been travelling along, and up to this point, we have made several stops where we were able to look at certain … Continue reading →

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Doing What is Right

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Don Merritt

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. … Continue reading →

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Traditions, Forms and TWWADI

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Don Merritt

Today we look at tradition, and thus, we consider this part of the theory that we are currently examining: Yet we love to argue, follow tradition and form to avoid spiritual growth… In the last stop on our journey, we … Continue reading →

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