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Some of our Bible-Alive readers live where faith must be lived quietly. Some live where faith can be lived openly. But all of us live in a world that needs the same thing—real light, not the fragile glow of human optimism, but the steady, unbreakable light of Jesus Christ. To our friends reading from Lanzhou, […]

Revelation 21:23 (ESV) – “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” When John looked at the New Jerusalem, there was something missing—something so ordinary we might never imagine Heaven without it: the sun and […]

In 1 John 1:1–4, the apostle John opens his letter with a bold eyewitness testimony: Jesus Christ is “the Word of life,” revealed in history—heard, seen, and even touched. John is not offering religious ideas; he is proclaiming a living Person who was “from the beginning” and was made manifest for our salvation. This passage shows why the gospel is trustworthy, why Christian faith is grounded in truth, and why real joy is never found in isolation. John writes so that we may share in fellowship with the apostles, and ultimately with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. As we begin this group Bible study, we’ll learn how truth produces fellowship—and fellowship produces full joy.