Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Philadelphia

Joe | November 30, 2009

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Seven Letters to Seven Churches

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. [...]

The Refiner’s Fire

Joe | February 13, 2009

Continuing with the theme of seeing recent posts that don’t seem to follow Scripture, another subject is loss of salvation versus loss of reward.
At the end of the age, the believers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Before any of the believers get nervous about that, the unbelievers won’t be in attendance. Instead, [...]

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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.