In 1 John 2:12–17, John warns us not to love the world, but Jesse shows that this isn’t a rejection of God’s good creation. It’s a warning against a world shaped by scarcity, comparison, and the constant lie that we don’t have enough and aren’t enough. Rather than...
Recording note: A recording of this sermon was not captured at Foothills. The audio and transcript provided is from Jesse’s delivery of the same sermon later that afternoon at New Creation Church. You will hear references specific to the New Creation congregation.In...
In 1 John 1:5–2:2, John calls us to walk in the light by honestly facing the reality of sin and the ways it fractures fellowship with God and one another. Sin is fundamentally a failure and distortion of love, and walking in the light means refusing to minimize or...
In 1 John 1:1–4, John proclaims something astonishing: the eternal God has come near enough to be heard, seen, and touched. Eternal life is not merely a future promise... it has appeared in the flesh in Jesus, inviting us into a shared life with God that begins now....
In this third week of Advent, Pastor Jesse Harden reflects on 1 John 1:1–4, where John proclaims that the eternal Word of life has come near—seen, heard, and touched—so that we may be restored to fellowship with God and one another. Jesse explores how our deepest...
Drawing from 1 John 1:1–10, youth pastor, Rod Pauls, reminds us that the apostle John wrote as an eyewitness to the real, incarnate Jesus—the Word of Life who was seen, heard, and touched. John calls believers not only to know this truth but to live truthfully: to...