Entries by Shelly Hahm

Second John – Introduction and Part 1

Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Second John by Mark A. Jeske. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 2002. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New […]

First John – Part 5

Download audio PART FIVE Conclusion: A Review of Some of the Great Themes John’s great goal throughout this letter has been “that you may have fellowship with us and with God.” Seven important themes run through the letter like golden threads, holding everything together and explaining how Christians live their fellowship: obeying, knowing, remaining, testing, […]

First John – Part 4

Download audio PART FOUR Cycle 3: Christians Love Commentary John’s spirals of thought have rotated around the ideas of holy living (“Christians walk in the light”) and confident living (“Christians know”), and now rotate around the key idea of living love—God’s love for us, our love for God, and our love for one another. The […]

First John – Part 3

Download audio PART THREE Cycle 2: Christians Know Cult leaders such as Cerinthus and Joseph Smith draw people away from their original Christian fellowship by making them doubt—doubt God’s love, doubt their salvation, doubt the Bible, doubt the apostles, and doubt their former teachers. John wants to help his readers move away from doubt to […]

First John – Part 2

Download audio PART TWO Cycle 1: Christians Walk in the Light First John chapter 1 verse 5 through chapter 2 verse 2: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet […]

First John – Part 1

Download audio PART ONE Introduction First John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 4: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and […]

First John – Introduction

Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – First John by Mark A. Jeske. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 2002. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New […]

First Peter – Part 5

Download Audio PART FIVE Final Greetings (First Peter 5 verses 12 through 14) With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. She who is in Babylon, chosen together with […]

First Peter – Part 4

Download Audio PART FOUR Cycle 3: The Living Christ In the third and final major section of his letter, Peter lifts up the eyes of his suffering and fearful brothers and sisters to the objective reality of the victorious Savior. Christ’s successful work and triumphant coronation provide the basis for hope and confidence in our […]

First Peter – Part 3

Download Audio PART THREE Cycle 2: The Living Stone As the second cycle begins, we come to the center of gravity of First Peter, to some of the most splendid verses in the entire New Testament. Peter lays out a powerful portrait of Christ our Savior, and then in stirring language, he tells Christians what […]