Joe | April 30, 2009
Happy Friday to all! Let’s get to it.
I thought I was going to have more this week, but I guess I didn’t see that much that really caught my eye.
I wanted to share one of Shane Vander Hart’s recent posts from Caffeinated Thoughts. It concerns the topic of homosexuality and the wonderful feedback he received [...]
Category: Christian Living, Genesis, Last Days, Persecution, Prophecy | 2 Comments »
Tags: burj dubai, islam, israel, muslims, Persecution, sin, trials, truth
Joe | April 29, 2009
A book in the Bible that sometimes gets neglected is Paul’s letter to Philemon. It’s a shame, really, because although it is a very short book, it’s a vivid illustration of Jesus’ redemptive work on our behalf.
Philemon was most likely a person of wealth in the ancient city of Colossae, which is located in modern [...]
Category: Philemon | 5 Comments »
Tags: debt, forgiveness, grace, love, onesimus, paul, salvation
Joe | April 28, 2009
A good friend of mine, a brother in Christ, and a former manager, has a little girl with some health concerns. I do not have any details at this point but that is no matter.
I would like to ask my readership to keep this little girl in prayer. God knows the situation and He knows [...]
Category: Prayer | 6 Comments »
Tags: prayer request
Joe | April 27, 2009
Although today is the first day in over a week that I’m physically feeling better, I’m struggling on the backside to catch up.
My day job has been rather busy for the past few weeks. This is a positive thing since it means they need to keep me around for the time being. However, it’s taken [...]
Category: Encouragement, Matthew, Satan | 3 Comments »
Tags: choices, obedience, Persecution, priorities, testimony, trials, wisdom
Joe | April 25, 2009
Yesterday, at Dawg on the Lawn, Wayne posted a great John MacArthur video. That makes two MacArthur videos in the past two days that were really powerful and made an impact on me.
In any case, this was John speaking on “The Heart of the Gospel.” In just over one minute, John explained the gospel in [...]
Category: 2 Corinthians, Encouragement | No Comments »
Tags: forgiveness, grace, hope, judgment, love, salvation, sin