Tag Archives: prophecy

A Tale Of Two Mounts

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

[The following are the notes for a sermonette given to the Portland UCG congregation on April 11, 2020.] I know that most of us have not been traveling very much recently because of the stay at home order in this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Refiner’s Fire

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Refiner’s Fire:  The Struggle And Triumph Of John The Baptist:  Tools For Navigating Doubt, Reclaiming Faith, And Discovering The Gospel All Over Again, by Rachel Starr Thomson [Note:  This book was given free of charge by the author in exchange … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Are Cycles In America’s History Predicting W.W.111?

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

Are Cycles In America’s History Predicting W.W.111?, by Dennis J. Foley [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Reedsy Discovery.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] As someone who is a particularly fond of cycles of history, … Continue reading →

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They Will Look Upon Me Whom They Pierced: Part One

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

How much foreknowledge does the Bible offer us in its prophecies?  There are hundreds of prophecies about Jesus Christ that are present in the Old Testament.  Today I would like to look at one of the more obscure ones that … Continue reading →

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Immortal Worms And Mortal Souls

Posted on January 12, 2020 by

[Note:  These are the notes to a sermonette spoken to the United Church of God congregation in Portland, Oregon on January 11, 2019.] How often do you think about immortal worms?  If I had to guess, it is not very … Continue reading →

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Motivation And The End Times

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

This evening’s Bible Study that began the Northwest Weekend from our local congregation’s pastor dealt with the contrast between Peter and Paul in how they thought of the end times as coming soon in earlier writings and then realizing that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Divine Secret

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

The Divine Secret:  The Awesome And Untold Truth About Your Phenomenal Destiny, by Joe Kovacs Having previously read and reviewed the author’s previous book Shocked By The Bible [1], a friend of mine from church loaned the book to me … Continue reading →

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Satan In John’s Letters To The Churches In Revelation 2 and 3

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

Aside from the reference to the synagogue of Satan, which we will discuss next, it is worthwhile to look at how Satan is discussed in Revelation 2 and 3 when the letters to the seven churches are provided.  Let us … Continue reading →

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The Working Of Satan In 2 Thessaslonians 2

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

The working of Satan is something that we have spent a long time discussing so far in our look at what the Bible has to say about our adversary.  We have just seen how Satan attempts to prevent the truth … Continue reading →

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I Saw Satan Fall Like Lighting From Heaven:  Satan In Luke 10

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

One of the more intriguing references to Satan takes place in a short passage in Luke 10 that deals with the return of 70 disciples to Jesus Christ after having conducted a census of faith in Judea and Galilee.  Luke … Continue reading →

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