For those of us who are Christians, we are sojourning in a strange land. That land is this world. It is good for us to keep in mind that this world is not our home. Just as the saints of old, "desire[ed] a better country, that is, an heaveny," [Heb 11:16] so we do as …
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Deceitfully Plain
Cleaning up several overgrown, poison ivy filled areas for a single mom with a mentally disabled child. Poison ivy looks harmless; without someone telling you, or having experienced having it before, the appearance of it wouldn't be very alarming: just another green leaf. It's similar to satan and the things of this world. God tells …
The Revelation of Jesus Christ Pt 10, 3:1-6
JESUS' LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS Sardis is the fifth letter which we find in Revelation. The main theme here is death, and this is hinted at with the meaning of Sardis, which is "red." This is clearer if we look at the other uses of red in Revelation. The Red Horseman who takes …
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Drawing Near
The time is short;the day draws near;the dawning of that infinite agedraws inescapably closer as weedge on into eternity, and the thickblanket of night grows old.The tremors of glory on the horizonripple through time and splashupon the shore. The Ark of Heaven'sdoors creak with forebode;the reddening sky swells.Look! the Right Hand of Almighty Jahlooms on …
Bright And Morning Star 