Good News Pickleball
258 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGood News Pickleball combines the fastest-growing sport in America with The Gospel of Christ. Each week John Wilkerson shares how Christians can demonstrate the love of Christ while playing pickleball.
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Three Minute Bible Study Returns May 2, 2022
April 02, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes - 2.5 MBThree Minute Bible Study returns on May 2, 2022. Three Minute Bible Study: Three minutes, two verses, no trick questions. All verses are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. Three Minute Bible Study is a production of My Life Ministries. Learn more at mylifeministries.org. Support this podcast financially when you Buy Me a Coffee.
3 John 13-14
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 13-14 “I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: "But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 13. Is John finished writing to his audience? No. 14. Why does John not continue his letter? Because they will sp...
3 John 11-13
April 19, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 11-12 “Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. "Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 11. What are we to follow? That which is good. 12. What report i...
3 John 9-10
April 16, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 9-10 “I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. "Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer t...
3 John 7-8
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 7-8 “Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. "We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 7. Why did the brethren depart on missionary journeys? For His (Jesus's) namesake. 8. Why ought we to receive (show hospitality to) fellow believers? It's a way for us to...
3 John 5-6
April 14, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 5-6 “Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:" Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 5. How does the recipient of the letter treat the brethren and strangers? The same. 6. To what have the...
3 John 3-4
April 13, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 3-4 “For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 3. In what did John rejoice? That Gaius walks in truth. 4. What is John’s greatest joy? To hear that his "children" walk in truth. This ha...
3 John 1-2
April 12, 2021 17:24 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBToday’s reading is from 3 John 1-2 “The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 1. To whom is this letter addressed? Gaius. 2. What is John’s earnest desire? To prosper as our soul prospers. This has been Three Minute Bible Study: Three minut...
2 John 11-13
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John 11-13 “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. ”Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. ”The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 11. Why does John not wish us to support (bid God speed) h...
2 John 9-10
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John 9-10 “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. ”If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:" Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 9. Who does not have a relationship with (hath not) God...
2 John 7-8
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John 7-8 “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. ”Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 7. What is a deceiver and antichrist? Those who say Christ has not come in the flesh. ...
2 John 5-6
April 05, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John 5-6 “And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 5. On what basis does John approach his a...
2 John 3-4
April 02, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John 3-4 “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. "I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 3. How does John greet his audience? Grace, mercy and peace from the Father. 4. In w...
2 John 1-2
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 2 John1-2 “The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; "For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 1. How does John identify himself? As "the elder". 2. For the sake of what is he writing? For the truth's sake. This has b...
1 John 5:19-21
March 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:19-21 “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these que...
1 John 5:17-18
March 29, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:17-18 “All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 17. What is unrighteousness? Sin. 18. What do we know about those born of God? They do not sin. God keeps. them. This has been ...
1 John 5:15-16
March 26, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:15-16 “And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. "If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 15. What do we kn...
1 John 5:13-14
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:13-14 “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:" Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 13. Why is John writing these things? S...
1 John 5:11-12
March 24, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:11-12 “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 11. What is the record? God has given us eternal life. 12. Who has eternal life? Those that have the Son. This has been Three Minute Bible Study: Three...
1 John 5:9-10
March 23, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:9-10 “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 9. How does the witness o...
1 John 5:7-8
March 22, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:7-8 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 7. Who bears record in heaven? The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. 8. Who bears witness on...
1 John 5:5-6
March 19, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:5-6 “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? "This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 5. Who overcomes the world? Jesus. 6. Why does the Holy Spirit bear...
1 John 5:3-4
March 18, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:3-4 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 3. In what way do we express love for God? By keeping His commandments. 4. What victory overcomes the world? Our ...
1 John 5:1-2
March 17, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 5:1-2 “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 1. Who is born of God? Whoever believes Jesus is born of God. 2. How do we know that we love ...
1 John 4:19-21
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:19-21 “We love him, because he first loved us. "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? "And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 19. Why do we love God? Because He loved u...
1 John 4:17-18
March 15, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:17-18 “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 17. For what purpose (herein) is our love made perfect? That we may have...
1 John 4:15-16
March 12, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:15-16 “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 15. In whom does God dwell? Whoever confesses Jesus is the son of God. 16. What have we known and belie...
1 John 4:13-14
March 11, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:13-14 “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 13. How do we know that we dwell in God? He has given us His Spirit. 14. To what do the apostles testify? The Father sent the Son to be the Savio...
1 John 4:11-12
March 10, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:11-12 “Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. "No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 11. Why ought we to love one another? Because God loved us. 12. What happens if we love one another? God's love is perfected in us. This has been Three ...
1 John 4:9-10
March 09, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:9-10 “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 9. In what way did God manifest His love toward us? By sending His only Son...
1 John 4:7-8
March 08, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:7-8 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 7. Why are we to love one another? Because everyone who is born of and knows God loves. 8. Why is someone who does not love others also without knowledge of God? Bec...
1 John 4:5-6
March 05, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:5-6 “They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 5. What happens because someone is of the world? They speak of the world. 6. How do we know the spi...
1 John 4:3-4
March 04, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:3-4 “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these question...
1 John 4:1-2
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 4:1-2 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:" Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 1. Why are we to test instruction (spirits) against scripture (whether they are of ...
1 John 3:23-24
March 02, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:23-24 “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 23. What is God’s commandment? Believe on Hi...
1 John 3:21-22
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:21-22 “Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. "And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 21. What gives us confidence toward God? If our heart doesn't condemn us. 22. Why is God pleased to give us that which we ask? ...
1 John 3:19-20
February 26, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:19-20 “ And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. "For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 19. If we show love, what do we then know? We are of the truth. 20. What happens even if our heart condemns us? God is greater than our heart. This has been ...
1 John 3:17-18
February 25, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:17-18 “But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 17. What example is given of someone who is not showing God’s love? Not giving to thos...
1 John 3:15-16
February 24, 2021 17:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:15-16 “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 15. With what is hatred of one’s brother equated? Murder. 16. By what do we perceive the love o...
1 John 3:13-14
February 23, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:13-14 “Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 13. At what should we not marvel? That the world hates us. 14. What indicator do we have that we have passed from death (sin) into life (redemption)? Be...
1 John 3:11-12
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:11-12 “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 11. What message have we heard from the beginning of the gospel? That we should love one...
1 John 3:9-10
February 19, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:9-10 “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 9. What can those born of God not do? Commit si...
1 John 3:7-8
February 18, 2021 11:03 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:7-8 “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 7. Who is righteous? Those who do righteousness. ...
1 John 3:5-6
February 17, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:5-6 “And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 5. For what purpose did Christ manifest on earth? To take away our sins. 6. How are the patterns of behavior different between one who abides in Christ and o...
1 John 3:3-4
February 16, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:3-4 “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 3. What happens to those that hope in Christ? They are purified. 4. What is sin? Transgression of the law (of God). This has been Three Minute Bible Study:...
1 John 3:1-2
February 15, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 3:1-2 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questi...
1 John 2:28-29
February 12, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 2:28-29 “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. "If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 28. Why are we to abide in Christ? SO we will not be ashamed at His coming. 29 What do we know ...
1 John 2:27
February 11, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: What abides in us? The anointing. What happens when the truth teaches us? We do not need a te...
1 John 2:25-26
February 10, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 2:25-26 “And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. "These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 25. What has he promised us? Eternal life. 26. Concerning whom is John writing? Those that seduce us. This has been Three Minute Bible Study: Three minutes, two verses, no trick questions....
1 John 2:23-24
February 09, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBToday’s reading is from 1 John 2:23-24 “Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. "Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father." Take a few moments to meditate on these verses. Now, take some time to think about and answer these questions: 23. Who does and does not h...