Sermon: The Word Is Alive (1 John 1:1-4)

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of the Word as life, Christ, reality, fellowship, joy, and light based on 1 John 1:1-4.

The Summer 2026 sermon series kicks off (well, besides the introductory sermon last week) where any expository series should start: chapter 1, verse 1. The book of 1st John opens with a poetic, slightly rambling soliloquy about the "Logos," the Greek word for "word" (which is also the key word at the beginning of John's Gospel). In this lesson, we see that (1) the Word is life, (2) the Word is Christ, (3) the Word is real, (4) the Word brings fellowship, (5) the Word brings joy, & that since (6) the Word is light, then we should walk in the light.

People in this episode

Host: Will Reitz

Topics covered

• expository preaching
• Christianity
• the Word
• fellowship
• joy
• light

Keywords

• 1 John
• Logos
• sermon
• Christianity
• expository series
• fellowship
• joy
• light

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 John, John's Gospel

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