40 blogs of Lent - Day 22 The incomplete church Messages to the churches - Day 18 Sardis - Day 2 ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight …
Tag: Jesus
What are the seven spirits of God?
40 blogs of Lent - Day 21 What are the seven spirits of God? Messages to the churches - Day 17 Sardis - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. The website About Archaeology says: "Ancient …
I will give him the morning star
40 blogs of Lent - Day 20 I will give him the morning star Messages to the churches - Day 16 Thyatira - Day 4 A poem - A train of thought experiment in blank verse. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule …
Hold on fast
40 blogs of Lent - Day 16 Hold on fast Messages to the churches - Day 15 Thyatira - Day 3 I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. ... But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this …
Why can’t we have both of them?
40 blogs of Lent - Day 18 Why can't we have both of them? Messages to the churches - Day 14 Thyatira - Day 2 ‘I know your works, ... But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practise sexual immorality …
Judgement
40 blogs of Lent - Day 16 Judgement Messages to the churches - Day 13 Thyatira - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. Thyatira is located in western Asia …
New stone – New start
40 blogs of Lent - Day 15 New stone — New start Messages to the churches - Day 12 Pergamum - Day 4 A thought experiment in free verse. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, …
The compromising church
40 blogs of Lent - Day 14 The compromising church Messages to the churches - Day 11 Pergamum - Day 3 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat …
More on persecution
40 blogs of Lent - Day 13 More on persecution Messages to the churches - Day 10 Pergamum - Day 2 ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan …
Two edged Sword
40 blogs of Lent - Day 12 Two edged Sword Messages to the churches - Day 9 Pergamum - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. Pergamum is located on the plains and foothills along the Caicus River in Western Turkey. …
Making an ass of myself 