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 [...]
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 [...]
Joe | November 13, 2009
Last time, we talked about how each of the seven letters in Revelation presents a panoramic view of church history. Today we will study the first of Jesus’ letters: the letter to the church of Ephesus.
Ephesus: “the Light of Asia”
The historian Pliny described Ephesus as “the Light of Asia.” Ephesus was located in modern-day western [...]
Joe | July 6, 2009
Life in our household has been difficult over the past several months. My employment is precarious, my salary has been cut, our dishwasher sprung a leak, and my son fell ill over the weekend.
Of all those things, my son’s illness was the most troubling. He’s had a fever off and on and we chalked it [...]
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