by Susan Barnes | 26 Oct 2023 | Short Devotion
“I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us.” 3 John 1:9-10 John isn’t afraid to call out bad behaviour among Christian leaders....
by Susan Barnes | 27 Jul 2022 | Communion Talks
Christians sometimes say they would like to be a New Testament church but I suspect they have a romanticized idea of what the early church was really like. Let’s consider these verses which reveal some of the conflicts in the early church: Acts 6:1 – Widows were being...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Jun 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia … They had such a sharp disagreement...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Feb 2020 | Reading the Bible
Today, I am continuing the series on, Reading the Bible. My last post in this series was about cultural lies. This one is about confronting people, perhaps over their dishonesty. When is it right to confront people over their sin? We’re fallen people, living in a...
