I guess if you’re Rob Bell, "everyone is already saved". However, there are those in the COG circles who want to go to the opposite extreme and add all sorts of un-Biblical (yes, the "Bible" with a capital ‘B’, not someone’s notion of it) requirements to salvation. What does the…
The letter to the Church in Thyatira is the longest of the seven letters, even though the city itself would have been the smallest. In fact, the church itself was evidently so small that some disputed that it ever existed. Finally, ruins of a church were found in a very…
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Recently, James Malm was doing a series on the "18 Truths". Now, I don’t agree with a lot of things that he puts out, but one item I was curious about was his views on "Tithing". It actually is quite good, although it is more commentary than a thesis. His…
Let’s be clear about one thing: I keep the Sabbath and holy days “because” of what it says in Leviticus 23. In a nutshell, I’m not going to argue with trolls about what “because” means. I will out and out say it that if you do not keep the Sabbath…
Papal crest in Vatican museum 12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied…
After an earthquake, it isn’t unusual to turn our thoughts to Jesus’ words: 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (Matthew 24:7, King James Version) However, with Japan, we also saw a tsunami, caused by…
Smyrna, Strong’s G4667 is a noun meaning “myrrh”. Frankincense and myrrh are both resins — dried tree sap — that come from trees of the genus Boswellia (frankincense) and Commiphora (myrhh), which are common to Somalia. ~ HowStuffWorks. (n.d.). “What are frankincense and myrrh?” The actual word “myrrh” comes from…
Author Weidenbach, WikiMedia Commons License We aren’t sure where “Ephesus” comes from. It may have been a foreign word. However, “ephoros” means “overseer”, but this might have been folk etymology. However, there are indications that this might be a correct rendering. Ephesus was located near the mouth of the Cayster…
“A rose by any other name…” goes the famous quote. But, does it matter? Well, in the Bible, we see where Adam named the animals, thus showing dominion over them. Adam named Eve, as he was the head of the household. God renamed a few individuals Himself. He renamed Abram…