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Working with Chase and Anita on this group project turned out to be a successful experience. Considering the fact that the two out of three of us are athletes with time consuming schedules, I believe we did a really acceptable job of staying on each of our tasks and completing our individual research. We discussed our reading assignments in advance and each agreed that the three of us would take responsibility for one out of the three books. This best worked for our group due to the fact that we had contradicting class schedules. At first, I thought that this would hinder our progress, but in the end we completed the task at hand and everything came together. We brought our work together and tied it all into one presentation, which in my opinion, …show more content…

Out of my contribution to this group and project I got some great insight regarding all three books of the Bible we were assigned. Diving into 1 John, it was evident that this book was written with an authoritative nature. What I could see from the beginning is that the author, who could have been John the apostle, must have been an eyewitness to Jesus’ ministry. This idea can be seen with the use of the first person used in these verses. By reading the book of 1 John, I gained some valuable insight of parallelisms regarding light vs. darkness, righteousness vs. sin, and truth vs. false teachings. All of these not only reveal, but set it plain and simple that there is good and evil in the world, that something is either right or wrong. However, with this being said, the most prominent idea that stuck out to me was that everything must be done in the spirit of not only truth, but love. As I continued with my reading of 2 John, I recognized that this book focused on the awareness of false teachings. By analyzing this text, I obtained insight on loving one

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