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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. 

Send us Fan Mail Dealing with people who are annoying but their behavior doesn't rise to the point where they have sinned against you can be frustrating and cause conflict.  But ensuring we are walking in the Spirit and living a life pleasing to God can be a tremendous help in dealing with difficult people. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus gives us instruction on conflict resolution within the family of God that is very effective but sadly is not often used when conflicts arise.  The result is the conflict doesn't get resolved and in some cases destroys relationships among God's family.  But following these step (being filled with the Holy Spirit) brings about reconciliation which is very important i...

Send us Fan Mail My friend Robert has led a very interesting life with a lot of hardship experiences including being homeless as a kid, a broken marriage, nearly dying twice while serving in the military in Iraq.  But when he came to Jesus things changed and now he is in the process of moving his family out of state because God called him to do so.  And in this process he has seen the hand of God...

Send us Fan Mail If we are walking in obedience and allowing the Lord to guide us, then the things we are instructed to do by the Holy Spirit will come to be and remind us of how God provides for us in all things.  Let Him lead.  

Send us Fan Mail When we look at salvation from a biblical perspective, we see many things occur when a person receives Jesus and believes upon His name.  Forgiveness is one of those things we are granted when we come to Jesus.  And for many, who understand their need, being forgiven of their wickedness is absolutely liberating.  David mentions this in Psalm 32 when he suffered for his sin which t...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us will admit we want to be blessed by God in our lives and will try to do things where God will bless us.  And in the Scriptures there are many verses throughout the entire Bible that give us instruction on how to be blessed by God.  I did a search for the words "blessed is"  going off Ps 1:1 blessed is the man.... searching for more verses that indicate a path...

Send us Fan Mail The last chapter of this letter to the Ephesian believers, deals with more relationships and how believers are to behave also understanding our protection through spiritual warfare.  Paul then signs off this letter to a church very dear to him that would be a beacon of hope for many years.  

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode I share a few things that over the years have proven very valuable for me and our family.  These things were sometimes difficult but God was always there leading us through them even when my heart was rebellious.  Looking back on these biblical principles and commands, God has given us a good life and we can see His handiwork that brought us to this place.  

Send us Fan Mail Chapter 5 of the letter to the Ephesians, brings with it a lot of practical instruction for the "saints," or believers, to live a victorious life avoiding a lot of land mines that destroy lives daily in our world.  Chapter 5 also addresses the roles of wives and husbands which when looked upon through the eyes of a person who wants to please God, makes sense.  But throug...

Send us Fan Mail Paul's letter to the believers in the city of Ephesus, is very instructive for the person sincerely desiring a closer relationship with Jesus.  In this chapter we find many concrete instructions for believers that if implemented draw us closer to our Lord.