True Worshipers

Joe | February 3, 2010

What is true worship? Ever ask yourself that? Have you ever wondered what it means to worship God? Luckily for us, Jesus Himself tells us in the book of John. He is having a conversation with a woman at a well. Jesus and this woman have an interesting dialog that initially finds the woman being [...]

The Stone of Salvation

Joe | January 20, 2010

      The Bible makes many points crystal-clear. Two of them I’d like to address are in Acts 4. Who is the Chief Corner Stone? Peter was on trial after having been arrested for “teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead” (Acts 4:2). The chief priests asked him: “By [...]

Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Laodicea

Joe | December 2, 2009

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

Today we conclude the series, Seven Letters to Seven Churches. We have looked at the first six letters to the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia. We have looked at each of these letters and churches from a contemporary, composite and chronological application as well as the way each is structured. And [...]

Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Sardis

Joe | November 23, 2009

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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.