Joe | November 30, 2009
So far, we’ve looked at the first five of seven letters Jesus writes to the churches of Asia Minor.
The letters we have looked at so far are:
Ephesus: “The Light of Asia”
Smyrna: “The Church of Suffering”
Pergamum: “The Pagan Church”
Thyatira: “The Church of Romanism”
Sardis: “The Protestant Church”
We now come to Philadelphia. It’s one of my favorite letters. [...]
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Joe | November 27, 2009
Since today is “Black Friday,” I wanted to pause the “Seven Letters to Seven Churches” series again to open this up to you, my readers.
Please post a prayer request, a link to a site you found interesting, plug your own post, tell me how stupid I am to be partaking in this activity, or just to [...]
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Joe | November 25, 2009
With brief intermission from our series on “Seven Letters to Seven Churches,” I wanted to take this opportunity and share a document I recently found.
It is the Thanksgiving Proclamation from 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. You can view the original handwritten copies at The National Archives.
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled [...]
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Joe | November 23, 2009
Last time, we closed out chapter 2 of Revelation looking at the Roman Church of Thyatira.
As we move into the third chapter of Revelation, we will look at the Protestant Church in Jesus’ letter to the church of Sardis. This is the fifth of the seven letters.
Sardis: The Protestant Church
Sardis was the capital of the [...]
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Joe | November 20, 2009
We previously looked at Jesus’ third letter he wrote to the church at Pergamum, “the pagan church.” Pergamum resumed the theme of the first letter to Ephesus, with both words of commendation and condemnation.
The fourth letter to the church of Thyatira has both words, with some additional stipulations. We look at this letter today.
Thyatira: The [...]
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