Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Thyatira

Joe | November 20, 2009

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches

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 [...]

Justified by Faith

Joe | September 16, 2009

A couple months back, we looked at a few passages in Galatians regarding salvation by faith in Christ alone.
Paul preached to the people the gospel of justification by faith plus … nothing! The Bible is abundantly clear on this point. Let’s take a look at the beginning of Galatians where Paul introduces this.
Paul, an apostle [...]

Crucified With Christ

Joe | June 24, 2009

Are you holding on to your own righteousness? Do think that you’re a “good person?” Do say to yourself “I don’t kill people or try to hurt anybody?” These are questions to the non-Christians.
For my brothers and sisters in Christ: do you believe deep down that by going to church every Sunday you are earning [...]

Robbing God

Joe | March 11, 2009

Dan Edelen wrote a blog post the other day on A Dozen Sayings of Jesus That Will Change the World–if Christians Ever Believe Them. I was personally convicted by the post because I saw my failures in many (all?) of them. The second saying that Dan mentioned was from Matthew 6:24-34. It’s the passage that [...]

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Joe

I am a born-again Christian who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. I am a husband, father and stepfather who eagerly waits for the return of Jesus, the Meshiach Nagid.