Episode 86: Drop the mic
Download MP3Here is 1 John 5:21, the last sentence of the letter: “Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” On a casual reading, it seems to come out of nowhere, as if John had one more thing to say but forgot to include it earlier. But as I’ll suggest in this episode, it’s possible to read that verse as John dropping the mic, ending the letter with a pithy and completely appropriate punchline to the rest of the letter.
Here is 1 John 5:21, the last sentence of the letter: “Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” On a casual reading, it seems to come out of nowhere, as if John had one more thing to say but forgot to include it earlier. But as I’ll suggest in this episode, it’s possible to read that verse as John dropping the mic, ending the letter with a pithy and completely appropriate punchline to the rest of the letter.
