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 | January 15, 2010
We conclude the series “America in Biblical Prophecy” today, focusing on the sixth woe of Isaiah.
To recap the previous five woes:
Covetousness
Drunkenness
Flaunting of Sin
Perversion of Moral Distinctions
Pride and Conceit
The Six Woes of Isaiah: Woe #6 – Drunken Leaders
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and valiant men in mixing strong drink, who justify the [...]
Category: 1 Samuel, 2 Peter, Hosea, Isaiah, Judgment, Prophecy | No Comments »
Tags: america, drunkenness, judgment, politicians, repentance, scandals
Joe | January 11, 2010
So far in our series on America in Biblical Prophecy, we have covered the first of six woes found in the book of Isaiah:
Covetousness
Drunkenness
The Flaunting of Sin
It’s not an attractive list. Can you think of a nation more dedicated to covetousness–a form of idol worship–than the United States?
Care to see what a huge market alcohol [...]
Category: Genesis, Isaiah, Judgment, Matthew, Prophecy, Proverbs, Satan | 1 Comment »
Tags: america, eve, homosexuality, moral relativism, pride, repentance, Satan, thomas jefferson
Joe | November 23, 2009
Last time, we closed out chapter 2 of Revelation looking at the Roman Church of Thyatira.
As we move into the third chapter of Revelation, we will look at the Protestant Church in Jesus’ letter to the church of Sardis. This is the fifth of the seven letters.
Sardis: The Protestant Church
Sardis was the capital of the [...]
Category: John, Luke, Revelation | 3 Comments »
Tags: 95 theses, alexander, antiochus, coesus, holy spirit, j vernon mcgee, joel osteen, john walvoord, lakewood church, martin luther, protestant, reformation, repentance, salvation, sardis, seeker-sensitive, truth
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