The Faithful Church Of the letters sent by Jesus to seven churches, only two received no criticism. The Church of Philadelphia was one of these. The name Philadelphia in the Greek means brotherly love or love of the brethren. The Church of Philadelphia has also been called The Missionary Church. There are many Scriptures about love. Let’s look at two […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 2/25/2019 The Fields are White to Harvest
Something that I am hearing more and more from those with a great love for God is a longing to finally get to go HOME. There is also a fatigue I am hearing in many who have expended themselves nearly to the end of their human limitations. For those in the Church who are not experiencing the extremes of persecution […]
AUTHOR and FINISHER…MESSIAH Part Seven
The Corrupt Church I am reminded of Jesus’ statement to the disciple Nathaniel when he called him to become a disciple. On first meeting Nathaniel, Jesus said, “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” Guile is the word used in the Old King James Version of the Bible. In numerous translations it is translated “deceit.” I found the […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 2/5/2019
Today, as I think about the Middle East and all the turmoil, I can’t help but agree with the Apostle John’s prayer in Revelation 22:20: “Even so come, Lord Jesus!” The turmoil in our world is increasing by the day and there is a longing growing strong within the hearts of true followers of the Messiah to be brought HOME […]
AUTHOR and FINISHER…MESSIAH Part Six
The Compromising Church In this critical hour of history, one thing that is sadly missing in many churches today is a message of real spiritual substance. When we read back over church history, it is noteworthy that it was not some great ecclesiastical, theological finesse that brought about the great revivals. Rather, it was plain and simple preaching about […]
ALL EYES ON ISRAEL Part Fourteen
As we continue our study from Part Thirteen, we will look back on Joel 2:30-31 so that we can compare the passage with one found in Luke 21. First of all, the passage once again in Joel: 30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth; Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 1/18/2019
One of the many passages of Scripture applicable to the difficulties we have during our short journey through this physical world is found in 2 Corinthians: Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 1/8/2019 “Facing the Days of Evil”
My first phone call in 2019 from Pastor R in Syria was quite short but I was able to get a quick overview of the situation the House of Blessing missionaries are presently facing. As is with every winter, the missionaries who embed themselves within the refugee populations, go through the very difficult winter conditions along with the people they […]
MIDEAST UPDATE 12/26/2018 God is Good!
As I begin this update close to the end of 2018, I felt the Holy Spirit urge me to share a few thoughts about how we ought to view the days we are living in and how we should approach them. We live in unique times and it is important that we see what God has to say to us […]
ALL EYES ON ISRAEL…Part Eleven
As we continue to examine the details provided for us by the prophet Ezekiel concerning the Gog-Magog war, we will look closer at a couple of interesting references made to national entities directly in opposition to Gog’s aggression. One of these is found in Ezekiel 38:13 and a second in Ezekiel 39:6: Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all […]