New Testament
13
Feb
Revelation: Ephesus & Perserverance
Author: Paul Lehr
Revelation 2:2-3 I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for...
05
Feb
Revelation: Ephesus, Stars & Lampstands
Author: Paul Lehr
Revelation 2:1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
Scripture interprets Scripture…Wild guesses, speculation, and conjecture are not necessary. But one is going to do...
30
Jan
Revelation: Historical Ephesus
Author: Paul Lehr
Revelation 2:1a To the angel of the church in Ephesus write…
Historical Ephesus was the largest city of the seven churches.
This is the city for Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
Ephesus was located on the Cayster River. The city was between the Maeander River to the south and the Hermus...
28
Jan
Revelation 12:5
Author: James Dowell
This is a follow up to my first article on the opening 4 verses of Revelation 12. Unlike the last article where we looked entirely at empirical evidence, this time we’re going to take a look at scripture, in both the English and the Greek, to determine...
22
Jan
Revelation Churches: Modern Day Turkey
Author: Paul Lehr:
Revelation 1:11 saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” –Jesus
The Greek word for “book” is Βιβλιον/biblion. It means: a small book, a...
17
Jan
Red Dragon
Author: James Dowell
Author's note: given the limitations of posting 1920x1200 pixel sized images on a web article, if the images of space are too small for you to view properly, click on the image; you should be then able to view the image at its proper size, or zoom in...
14
Jan
Revelation: Island of Patmos
Author: Paul Lehr
This is the first of a series on the churches of Revelation. The series looks at the churches in their historical context and breaks down the message of Jesus grammatically and culturally in their first century setting. These are the words Jesus Christ communicated to His church. This...
21
Dec
Merry Christmas, Tradition, Part 2 of 2
Author: Paul Lehr
Luke 2:1-3 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to...
18
May
Scientism: Dumping Evolution for Aliens
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker — An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands ?' Woe to him...
24
Apr
Jesus: Risen King’s Resurrection Appearances Examined by Skeptics, Atheists & Science
"Certain truths known through means other than science must be in place before science can begin testing for other truths."
—Koukl, G. 2009
Many disputes through the ages have arisen about...
