Joe | February 10, 2010
It amazes me still, how many times the Bible states that we are saved by grace and not works.
It amazes me still, how some churches will teach a doctrine that differs than what is plainly taught in the Bible.
Paul writes to Titus:
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, [...]
Category: Christian Living, Titus | No Comments »
Tags: grace, love, salvation
Joe | December 16, 2009
After Zacharias had been mute for nine months, he was filled with the Holy Spirit and uttered a wonderful prophecy about Jesus and John the Baptist.
He prophesied about Jesus being God’s “horn of salvation,” and then explained God’s love for His people by His covenant. This covenant is the one He made with Abraham several [...]
Category: Genesis, Luke, Prophecy | 1 Comment »
Tags: Abraham, covenant, death, Isaac, love, sacrifice, sin, zacharias
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 | 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. [...]
Category: 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, Ephesians, Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, Revelation, Romans, Titus | 3 Comments »
Tags: crown, david, faith, grace, great tribulation, j vernon mcgee, john walvoord, key, love, rapture, salvation, throne, works
Joe | November 20, 2009
We previously looked at Jesus’ third letter he wrote to the church at Pergamum, “the pagan church.” Pergamum resumed the theme of the first letter to Ephesus, with both words of commendation and condemnation.
The fourth letter to the church of Thyatira has both words, with some additional stipulations. We look at this letter today.
Thyatira: The [...]
Category: 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Galatians, Hosea, John, Matthew, Psalms, Revelation, Titus | 2 Comments »
Tags: bronze, dark ages, faith, gregory I, gregory vii, hildebrand, jezebel, judgment, love, millennium, perseverance, purgatory, repentance, romanism, Satan, service, thyatira