The little letter of 3 John contains only 219 words.  By that count it is the shortest book in the New Testament.   But despite its brevity, it is full of encouragement and instruction for believers to be encouragers to one another. 

Join us as we examine 3 John 1:1-15 and consider John’s example of how we should encourage faithful believers.  We meet for worship Sundays at 10:30 am on the square in Pottsville, Arkansas right next to historic Potts’ Inn.  For more information go to http://pottsvillearp.org

2 John is one of the shortest books in the Bible but contains a powerful warning to churches to take seriously the call to ‘watch ourselves,’ that we are walking in truth and rejecting those who reject the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Join us as we examine 2 John 1:1-13 and consider the warning that the church must be on guard against false teaching and false teachers.

After a thorough discussion of how we have been loved and how we are to love, John opens his final chapter in 1 John with a clarification of real faith – its nature and its knowledge.  Just what is faith?  And how do we know we have it?   Join us as we examine 1 John 5:1-12 and consider the nature and knowledge of our faith.

We all long for perfect love. Love that satisfies the aches loneliness inflicts, love that fixes all that is broken by life in a fallen world. But where will we find it? Where can we find a love that meets the burden of all our needs and expectations?  Join us as we examine 1 John 4:13-21 and discover the power of God’s perfect love upon his children. 

In a world where it is easy to dress up in the costume of false spirituality or live in fear that we are self-deceivers rather than believers, John comforts us by showing how our love for one another reveals the reality of our abiding faith in Christ. Join us as we examine 1 John 4:7-12 and consider how brotherly love reveals the reality of our Christian faith to ourselves and others.  

Sibling rivalry is nowhere more fierce than at Church. We contend over theology and the color of the carpet with equal intensity. But to love our brothers is a work of God’s sanctifying free grace. And a work we are all commanded to engage. Join us as we examine John 3:11-18 and consider what this commandment to love one another as Christians entails.

A believers’ assurance is not marked by sinless perfection but by practicing righteousness. One who has little concern over their sin shows contempt, not love, for the one who came to take away sin and to destroy the works of the devil.  Join us this week as we examine 1 John 3:4-18 and consider the difference between practicing righteousness and practicing lawlessness.