Ae you a godly person? How would you define godliness? Is this something only the spiritual elite should have as a goal? The English dictionary defines it as “devoted to God, pious, devout, religious.” The Greek word is eusebeia and might be translated as reverent. It comes from the verb sebo, to worship. Apparently, then, […]
My name is Peggy O’Neill, and this is the story of my conversion to Christ at age 70, after practicing as a nun in the Catholic Church for 50 years. I write this in the hope that it will help others come to an understanding of the true gospel of salvation. MY EARLY HOME LIFE […]
“Without Me…nothing,” said the Lord. That pretty much covers it. The course calendar said it was Latin, but maybe the class should have been called Miscellaneous. Some days we learned more English, French, and history than Latin. Long ago I forgot what prompted me to sign up for the course, but surprisingly I’m still glad […]
“…Two or three…gathered…in My name, there am I in the midst” How wonderful to think of the risen Lord, the Christ, the Son of the living God condescending to dwell with men and women! After all, our reputation is nothing to boast of. Rebels from the beginning, we’ve caused the Lord untold grief. But Matthew […]
He’ll be seeing you. Two compelling features of the Lord Jesus Christ in His role as the center of any assembly are given to us in the letter to Thyatira. These two great and distinctive characteristics are the focus around which the letter to Thyatira can be understood. “These things saith the Son of God, […]
City of brotherly love The letter to the church in Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-13) is a wonderful letter of encouragement. Philadelphia and Smyrna are the only two of the seven churches in Asia Minor to whom no condemnation is given. But while there is no rebuke needed, we ought not to assume that things were easy […]
The rich, poor church When John wrote to the assembly at Laodicea, it could not be called a Christ-centered assembly. It had been at one time (Col. 4:15), but now it was the only one of the seven assemblies in Revelation where He was outside the meeting, knocking to get in (Rev. 3:20). Perhaps this […]
When you’re dead wrong, to whom can you go? What’s in a name? Sometimes nothing. The church at Sardis had a name, a reputation. In the midst of a corrupt, hostile, and dying world, the church at Sardis was known as a church that was alive! People looked at the church and saw it as […]
“I have this against thee…” “Theophany” is a Greek word that means an appearance of God. There are a number of theophanies in the Old Testament as God appeared to His people at various times in history. In particular, these appearances could be described as Christophanies: pre-incarnate appearances of the Lord Jesus. Often in these […]