Joe | February 19, 2010
Last November, we studied the seven letters of Jesus in the book Revelation. We looked at the letters from three aspects:
Contemporary
Composite
Chronological
As a recap, the churches Jesus wrote to were:
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamum
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
These churches represented the following periods in church history:
“The Light of Asia,” the period just after Pentecost.
The Persecuted Church
The Pagan Church
The Church of Romanism
The Protestant Church
The Revived [...]
Category: Isaiah, Matthew, Revelation | No Comments »
Tags: parables, Parallels, Prophecy, truth
Joe | February 5, 2010
God hates pride.
God really hates pride.
Why? Have you ever wondered why God hates pride so much? The answer may surprise you.
When we are prideful, we become like Satan. In fact, it was pride that was Satan’s downfall.
“How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut [...]
Category: 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, Isaiah, Satan | 3 Comments »
Tags: lucifer, pride, Satan
Joe | January 20, 2010
The Bible makes many points crystal-clear. Two of them I’d like to address are in Acts 4.
Who is the Chief Corner Stone?
Peter was on trial after having been arrested for “teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead” (Acts 4:2). The chief priests asked him: “By what power, or in what [...]
Category: Acts, Christian Living, Isaiah, John, Personalities | No Comments »
Tags: corner stone, oprah winfrey, rock, salvation, truth
Joe | January 15, 2010
We conclude the series “America in Biblical Prophecy” today, focusing on the sixth woe of Isaiah.
To recap the previous five woes:
Covetousness
Drunkenness
Flaunting of Sin
Perversion of Moral Distinctions
Pride and Conceit
The Six Woes of Isaiah: Woe #6 – Drunken Leaders
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who justify the [...]
Category: 1 Samuel, 2 Peter, Hosea, Isaiah, Judgment, Prophecy | No Comments »
Tags: america, drunkenness, judgment, politicians, repentance, scandals
Joe | January 13, 2010
Our series on America in Biblical prophecy continues with the fifth woe found in Isaiah.
Last time we looked at the perversion of moral absolutes. Each woe so far can find it’s roots in one of the most insidious of sins: pride and conceit.
This is what we will look at today.
The Six Woes of Isaiah: Woe [...]
Category: 1 Corinthians, Evolution, Isaiah, Judgment, Prophecy, Proverbs | No Comments »
Tags: Abortion, america, crime rates, education, Evolution, pride
