Category Archives: Romans

Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Philadelphia

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 … Continue reading

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Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Pergamum

The martyred church of Smyrna was the last letter we studied. Like Ephesus, Smyrna was one of the better churches. Smyrna, however, did not receive any word of condemnation. Jesus only had positive words to speak to Smyrna. We will … Continue reading

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God’s Indictment of the World

The Chasm There is a chasm between every human being and the Creator of the Universe. It’s a chasm that no one can cross over by strictly human means. Why the chasm? What caused it? In a word, sin. The … Continue reading

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Adventures in Home-Schooling

Over these past months, I’ve mentioned “issues” we’ve experienced with our teenager and some of the challenges we have faced with regarded to his education. As I may have mentioned, we decided to home-school him for his last two years … Continue reading

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Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration – Part IX

Job’s three friends have finished their first rounds of “speeches” to him. We ended with Zophar’s first speech to Job. Filled with insults and false judgments, Zophar’s speech didn’t help Job anymore than the other two friends of his. It’s … Continue reading

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