Joe | February 16, 2010
There is a battle that has raged since the days of creation. It’s battle of good versus evil, light versus darkness more epic than any battle ever conceived in the mind of man. But it is a battle that we humans, generally, are rarely even aware of.
Paul accurately describes it this way:
For our struggle is not [...]
Category: 2 Kings, Ephesians, Romans | 2 Comments »
Tags: angels, demons, elisha
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 [...]
Category: 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Galatians, Hosea, John, Matthew, Psalms, Revelation, Titus | 2 Comments »
Tags: bronze, dark ages, faith, gregory I, gregory vii, hildebrand, jezebel, judgment, love, millennium, perseverance, purgatory, repentance, romanism, Satan, service, thyatira
Joe | July 27, 2009
When I think back on my relationship with God, I can see that for years I tried running away from Him. I can see this oftentimes in the lives of friends and family members as well and I want so much to tell them that you cannot run away from God. There is no where [...]
Category: 2 Kings, Christian Living, Jonah, Matthew | No Comments »
Tags: choices, forgiveness, grace, Jonah, judgment, obedience, pride, priorities
Joe | July 15, 2009
As an act of complete reliance on God’s provision, yesterday I formally chose to take a layoff–effective this Friday–rather than going part-time.
Neither option was good. Going part-time means no guarantee in hours if there is no work. So in my estimation, I chose the lesser of two evils. Part of me isn’t overly concerned (Matthew [...]
Category: 2 Kings, Christian Living, Encouragement, Matthew | 6 Comments »
Tags: choices, faith, hope, love, obedience, priorities, salvation, suffering, testimony, trials, work
Joe | June 5, 2009
On Wednesday, we talked about the two elements that make up the Ark of the Covenant: the Ark or the box, and the lid or the Mercy Seat.
Today we’ll discuss a little of the background of the kings that were in place around the time the ark left Israel.
Kings Hezekiah and Manasseh
Hezekiah was one of [...]
Category: 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, Last Days, Prophecy | 4 Comments »
Tags: ark of the covenant, asherah, baal, cherubim, covenant, hezekiah, hilkiah, huldah, israel, josiah, manasseh, mercy seat, neco