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 | January 27, 2010
The topic of why God brings about suffering has risen to the surface again with the tragedy of Haitian earthquake. While I, in no way, wish to casually dismiss or try to briefly explain it all away, I do wish to present a small, Biblical snapshot of suffering.
In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he gives [...]
Category: Christian Living, Romans | 2 Comments »
Tags: character, faith, haiti, hope, perseverance, suffering
Joe | January 25, 2010
Would you say you are being stubborn and unrepentant towards God? Has He been tugging on your heart to come back to Him, but you have been ignoring that voice?
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? [...]
Category: Christian Living, Romans | No Comments »
Tags: forgiveness, grace, repentance, salvation, wrath
Joe | December 14, 2009
Thus far, we have looked at the events that lead up to Zacharias being mute for nine months while his wife was pregnant with John the Baptist. We were able to see the plan of God behind this malady and how he was filled with the Holy Spirit to give us such a remarkable prophecy [...]
Category: Luke, Prophecy, Psalms, Romans | No Comments »
Tags: love, salvation, Satan, zacharias
Joe | December 7, 2009
Things have settled down a little around here since Thanksgiving.
The day before Thanksgiving, I received a phone call from the hiring manager I interviewed with a couple weeks previously. He made me a formal job offer. After a little over four months of being out of work, I had gotten the phone call I had [...]
Category: 1 Thessalonians, Encouragement, Jeremiah, Prayer, Romans | 2 Comments »
Tags: faith, hope, jobs, trials, trust, work