Joe | February 22, 2010
In the introductory post, we talked about how Jesus teaching in parables was a fulfillment of prophecy in Isaiah. We also talked about how the seven parables found in Matthew 13 are directly related to the seven letters found in the book of Revelation.
Today we want to look at the parable of The Sower and [...]
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 [...]
Joe | December 2, 2009
Today we conclude the series, Seven Letters to Seven Churches.
We have looked at the first six letters to the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia.
We have looked at each of these letters and churches from a contemporary, composite and chronological application as well as the way each is structured.
And so we conclude [...]
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. [...]
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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