Stroll through Scripture for Sunday June 23, 2024

Pastor Matthew Best
3 min readJun 18, 2024

Based on 1 John 1:1–2:2

According to the Lutheran Study Bible, Martin Luther said this about 1 John: “This is an outstanding epistle…so beautifully and gently does it picture Christ to us.” (pg. 2012)

Over the next several weeks, we’re going to be diving into 1 John and looking at the letter more in depth. The Lutheran Study Bible reminds us that there are three main points to the letter. First, “Jesus offered himself as the ‘atoning sacrifice’ for human sin.” Second, it argues that Jesus was fully human as well as…

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Pastor Matthew Best

My name is Matthew Best. I’m an ELCA (Lutheran) pastor who attempts to translate church and churchy stuff into everyday language.