Junkyard Outreach

Send us Fan Mail In the Scriptures there are many references to the knowledge of God.  Reviewing these it becomes clear this is something we not only need to pursue but also possess if we want to know Jesus.  

Send us Fan Mail Chapter 5 is a continuation of Chapter 4 where John is seeing the Throne Room of God preparing for the Great Tribulation Period which will kick off in Chapter 6. 

Send us Fan Mail The ancient city of Philippi was a proud Roman colony in the days of the Apostle Paul.  He visits the city and he and Silas, his traveling companion, experience a crazy few days but those days allow a church to be born that Paul would later write a letter to - Philippians.  

Send us Fan Mail Chapter 4 begins with the words "after this" and begins a new component of this vision from God.  John will see the events of the great tribulation all the way to the end where God establishes the New Heavens and the New Earth.  

Send us Fan Mail In our modern day world, with information available in real time, we can become overwhelmed with the negativity that seems to never end.  However, for the child of God there is a hope that is so much greater than than the drama of this life, that it is worth giving thanks to our King.  Staying focused on Jesus and being content with our lives, is key in living a life of thanksgivi...

Send us Fan Mail Living our lives in obedience to Jesus should be evident.  Walking in the light is simply living day by day trusting Jesus and doing what we know He wants us to do.  That involves being in tune with the Holy Spirit and listening carefully for instruction for the day.  

Send us Fan Mail A view among some is that the 7 churches in chapters 2 and 3 represent 7 successive eras of church history in the order the 7 churches are listed in these two chapters.  I think this is interesting and see the connection while others don't.  This is my summary of this view.  

Send us Fan Mail Most don't realize that our city of Philadelphia comes from this ancient city in Turkey.  This church, like Smyrna, receives no rebuke rather only encouragement.  They too were in the midst of hate and apparently did according to what Jesus would have them do as His followers.   

Send us Fan Mail Loadicea was a very wealthy and proud city.  And the Christians in that city appear to be the same.  This was the church where we find the word "lukewarm" describing their true character.  This was unacceptable to Jesus and He warns them that He would "spit them out of His mouth" if they continued down this road.  

Send us Fan Mail In a age where people are seemingly free to do what the Scriptures has declared evil, we have the Holy Spirit to provide is the wisdom and more to be a light in this world and show those in darkness the goodness, grace and mercy of God.  Our life as a believer must be lived "walking in the Spirit" so we can discern and accomplish the will of God.  

Send us Fan Mail The church in the city of Thyatira has good things and bad things happening in the church.  Jesus points out those who are faithful and those who really need to stop and turn the other direction.  There is a promise of deliverance for the faithful and tribulation for the rest.  

Send us Fan Mail The church in this city, at the time John wrote this, appeared alive.  But from Jesus' perspective the church was dead.  There is nothing good said about this church and there were only a few faithful among the congregation.  Their instruction was to remember what they had received and heard and then keep it.  Then repent.  

Send us Fan Mail Believer's new lives in Christ are not simply given to us by the Lord to sit idly by and while the battle for the souls of mankind rage in the spirit realm.  There is a purpose for each of us in God' plan to reveal His love to this world.  And when there are storms, we need to understand we are built for storms and our Captain goes before us and will lead us through.  

Send us Fan Mail The church in the city of Smyrna suffered severe persecution.  They were faithful and received no correction from Jesus rather they were called to be faithful until the death.  

Send us Fan Mail The city of Pergamos has been well documented in history and the believers in this city, during the time of John, experienced people in the church who had compromised their faith when they began to bring paganism into the church.   

Send us Fan Mail As children of God we need to have the mind of Christ or in other words we need to think in a manner consistent with His will.  This is only truly possible when His Holy Spirit has the reigns of our lives.  And when we are loving one another we are doing His will.  But there are times when our liberty in Jesus can be a stumbling block to someone else's faith.  And we don&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Kicking off the Book of Revelation, we see John and his interaction with the post-resurrected Jesus who gives John instruction to write this book and deliver it to 7 churches.   

Send us Fan Mail The first church listed in chapter 2 is the church in the city of Ephesus.  This would be the church Timothy was involved with and John would return to after his exile.  Their church was solid but the love of God was shelved and they are called to repent.  

Send us Fan Mail Amaziah was a king in the southern kingdom.  He started his reign well but went sideways and ultimately ended up dying in disgrace and leaving the kingdom in shambles.  What happened to Amaziah happens to many people in the church, they get tired of doing good and instead go after forbidden fruit which often times takes them down.  However there are others who continue to live the...

Send us Fan Mail Pre-Millennial, A-Millennial, Post-Millennial, Pre-Tribulation, Mid-Tribulation, Post-Tribulation.  If a student of the Bible is interested in the End Times events or Eschatology, these are terms that they must be familiar with.  Each one takes a different spin on the book of Revelation.  In this episode we explore these camps. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share my personal journey into studying the book of Revelation and what brought me to the Pre-Tribulation view.  While I don't expect this to change everybody's conviction to mine, this is why I land where I land based on by understanding of Scripture and experiences which lead me there.  

Send us Fan Mail The Book of Revelation is a very intriguing book to many and to those who wish to delve into a study of the book there are many things that are helpful to the student that, if learned ahead of time, they learn these things it will be easier to navigate through the book.  One of those issues is how the book has been interpreted over the centuries.  And there are four main ways the...

Send us Fan Mail There are several places in the Scriptures where God's goodness and love are proclaimed.  One such phrase is "Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!"  If we delve into this we find interesting circumstances surrounding these verses that remind of us God's goodness and love.  

Send us Fan Mail King Jehoshaphat was a good king reigning over the southern kingdom of Judah.  But he allied himself with Ahab, the wicked king of the north, and that caused a lot of issues not only in Jehoshaphat's life but in his son's life as well.  But Jehoshaphat was rebuked and made things right and in this story we see a process of repentance and trusting in the Lord which brings...

Send us Fan Mail Wrapping up this series on conflict we look at ways to avoid conflict and also ways to enter into conflict when appropriate.  The big issue is being led by the Holy Spirit so we know we are on the right track.