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 | November 11, 2009
The book of Revelation has earned a reputation for being difficult to understand. This is partly due to the symbolic language used and the fierce visions it conjures up.
We’re starting a new series based on the seven letters to the seven churches of Revelation.
The First Vision of Revelation: The Seven Churches
While parts of it may [...]
Category: Matthew, Revelation | 6 Comments »
Tags: angels, ephesus, lampstand, laodicea, light, pastors, pergamum, philadelphia, sardis, smyrna, stars, thyatira
Joe | October 23, 2009
Previously, we studied God’s indictment of the world through the book of Romans. We looked at the chasm between us and God and how the only way to cross that chasm was by the cross of Jesus.
Maybe you’re asking “why Jesus?” Maybe you’re wondering “why is it all about Jesus?”
God, speaking through Paul, has an [...]
Category: 1 John, Christian Living, Colossians, Proverbs | 4 Comments »
Tags: angels, creation, faith, grace, salvation
Joe | August 24, 2009
We ended last week with Job crying out that he had never been born. From the depths of his despair and pain, he wishes that he had been stillborn or died at birth.
Yet, in spite of all his frustration, never once did he renounce God.
Today, we’ll look at the first response by his friend, Eliphaz, the [...]
Category: Christian Living, Ecclesiastes, Encouragement, Hebrews, Job, John, Matthew, Proverbs | No Comments »
Tags: Abraham, angels, Job, obedience, Persecution, suffering, trials
Joe | July 10, 2009
The winds of change suddenly gusted on Thursday and blew hard against my house. While I knew my employment had been hanging over a precipice for almost seven months, a word of finality came down. I have to make a decision by Friday, July 17. I have to figure out which is the lesser of [...]
Category: Jeremiah, Matthew, Psalms | 4 Comments »
Tags: angels, faith, hope, love, obedience, Prayer, security, suffering, testimony, trials, trust, truth, wisdom