Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Philadelphia

Joe | November 30, 2009

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches

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 [...]

Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Pergamum

Joe | November 18, 2009

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches

The martyred church of Smyrna was the last letter we studied. Like Ephesus, Smyrna was one of the better churches. Smyrna, however, did not receive any word of condemnation. Jesus only had positive words to speak to Smyrna. We will now study the third letter, the letter to the church of Pergamum. Pergamum: The Pagan [...]

God’s Indictment of the World

Joe | October 21, 2009

The Chasm There is a chasm between every human being and the Creator of the Universe. It’s a chasm that no one can cross over by strictly human means. Why the chasm? What caused it? In a word, sin. The sin of Adam and Eve and all of their children (that’s you and I) caused [...]

Adventures in Home-Schooling

Joe | September 23, 2009

Over these past months, I’ve mentioned “issues” we’ve experienced with our teenager and some of the challenges we have faced with regarded to his education. As I may have mentioned, we decided to home-school him for his last two years of high school. It was a huge decision for us and primarily for my wife. [...]

Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration – Part IX

Joe | September 4, 2009

This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration

Job’s three friends have finished their first rounds of “speeches” to him. We ended with Zophar’s first speech to Job. Filled with insults and false judgments, Zophar’s speech didn’t help Job anymore than the other two friends of his. It’s now time for Job to once again speak. He is addressing all three of them, [...]

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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.