by James Metsger | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog, VAST
American Idol By James Metsger Little children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21) I’m trying to remember my parents’ last words as I went off to college. I’m not positive, but they were probably along the lines of “I love you” or “I’m proud of you” or “Work...
by James Metsger | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog, VAST
Ask Anything By James Metsger And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. (1 John...
by James Metsger | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog, VAST
Obedience Isn’t a Burden By James Metsger For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3) Do you remember the first time as a kid you decided you were not a big fan of the rules? You were told to clean...
by James Metsger | Jan 5, 2021 | Blog, VAST
Consider the Source By James Metsger In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10) I pursued my wife. I think I chased her until she simply surrendered in exhaustion. I was like a...
by James Metsger | Dec 29, 2020 | VAST, Blog
The Love of God Goes Public By James Metsger In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world. (1 John 4:9) When I was in high school, public displays of affection were frowned upon. Warnings against PDA were written in...
by James Metsger | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog, VAST
We Good, God? By James Metsger By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our hearts before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:19) Sometimes I’ll think something is wrong in my...
