November 19, 2018
Jeroboam became for the Jewish historians, the reason for Israel’s failure to abide by their “Covenant” with Yahweh. All the prophets were sent to chastise Jeroboam for abandoning Solomon’s abusage of Yahwehism; particularly, the moral and the priestly codes of…
November 17, 2018
Paul and Barnabas came to Iconium with joy and with great expectations; however, they nearly escaped with their lives. False Jewish prophets began to follow the messengers of Christ and incited hatred against Jesus’ followers. Paul and Barnabas had to…
November 15, 2018
Solomon was a great lover. And he also was a great spender. He loved women, a thousand of them. Solomon used the women to further his political and his social career. Solomon’s golden tongue served him well in poetry and…
November 12, 2018
The disciples and the first Christian leaders had no written code to guide them as we have in the New Testament. They depended on what they remembered what Jesus did and on the precedent the Holy Spirit set on Pentecost…
November 11, 2018
Peter began his new journey in Joppa in a prayer room. His experience with Aeneas and Tabitha (Dorcas) had lifted him to his highest spiritual mountain. Peter felt clean and at peace with himself; and therefore, he had determined in…
November 5, 2018
In the eyes of God all men are equal! But, — not so in the eyes of man! The founder of Christianity, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, came to be equal to his followers. And Jesus taught his…
October 29, 2018
The Jews, who became Christians, plagued the Christians with circumcision as being essential to salvation, but the Jewish council decided against their own tradition (Acts 15). Paul leaned on Moses to hand out this potent argument and decision:
October 28, 2018
Solomon was a person with two natures or a dual personality. On one hand, he displayed a super consciousness of God and religion — and on the other hand, he was a slave to his physical passion. Solomon believed that…
October 28, 2018
The influx of three thousand new converts into a small group of one hundred and twenty, plus those that were constantly being added, must have created insurmountable problems for the disciples, as well as for the community. In addition to…
October 22, 2018
So, how do we prepare to become disciples or priests under duress in a tyrannical world? The disciples of Jesus were regarded as apostates and intruders of the earthly Israel of the Sadducees and Pharisees. These leaders believed that they…