The final post about Revelation 1-3 is a summary of the content in each letter to the seven churches. Jesus starts each letter by uniquely describing Himself. He then says what the church does well before going into what He has against each church. He concludes by saying what will be given to those that overcome. I find it sobering to hear Jesus encourage each church in what they do well and convict them in their failures. He always gives those that are willing to endure and obey a path to repentance.
I’ve summarized and split up what the churches did well from where they failed. I omitted anything that overlapped between the churches. Read more
There is so much meat in the first three chapters of Revelation that I’m going to break it up into a couple of different blog posts. Obviously the first one will be on the different descriptions of Jesus during John’s vision on the island of Patmos. Here we get majestic descriptions of Jesus that we don’t see in many other parts of scripture.
Just reading these powerful verses about Jesus brings out holy fear of who He is and how holy He is. As you read you can imagine what the vision must of been like and how life changing it would be to have seen that vision of Jesus Christ. Read more
Anyone that is serious about studying the Bible has at one time or another wondered what the original Hebrew or Greek text really said. For me the desire started when I wanted to get a better understanding of a section of scripture I was studying. I started reading through different translations of the verses (NKJV, NIV, NASB, ESV, etc…) and found that some were the same and some were very different. That sparked my curiosity even further. Which one was right? So I sought out to find a simple solution for a untrained person like myself. I found the answer in using a Greek/Hebrew Interlinear Bible.
Using this great tool I’ve been able to understand many verses and chapters correctly. That’s what we’re after when we are studying the Bible, we just want to know what it really says. Read more
Christian Bible Studies are everywhere! You can find them at church, school, at work and in your community. If you aren’t going to church or just want to attend a Bible Study that isn’t associated with your church you still have many options. I personally attend an all mens Bible study that is run by CBS. I really like the diversity and community that the group brings.
I’ll start with the youngest groups and move up. If you attend a church, hopefully you attend one that has small groups or Read more
Biblegateway.com is a great free tool available to everyone. I use it often and thought I’d make sure everyone that reads this blog is aware of it.
The website has over 100 Read more
Research shows (from what I’ve been able to pull up on the Internet) that less than 10% of Christians say they have read the entire Bible. Doesn’t that seem unbelievably low?
As a Christian I believe that it’s extremely important to be able to say that I have read the entire Bible. Read more
A quiet time is the phrase Christians use to describe the time they spend alone each day with God. Sometimes it is also called a devotional. It is the time we take to pray to God, worship Him and read/study the Bible. Christians have long debated Read more