Tag: rome
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Acts 8:1 Syria – Strategic Map into all of the world
Our cover photo may look like an intelligence map for a modern military operation in Syria. That’s right. War in Syria is hardly anything new under the sun. So you ask, what does this have to do with a first century Syria of the Roman Empire and Jesus’ great commission? Some text on Talk of…
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Apocalypse 8 – Martyrs + the saints cry out
“How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who live on the earth?” Revelation 6:10b NASB – the cry of the martyrs from beneath the altar Martyrs UNANSWERED Questions of those who died for their faith in Jesus Christ: Where is JUSTICE for those who…
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Witnesses to Jesus Risen! – the Eleven, a Passing Witness
The Gospel of John We have nearly reached the conclusion of John’s Good News. Earlier we met ten Disciples in a room where the Risen Christ appeared! Witnesses to Jesus Risen! – the Eleven 20:26 A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus…
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Are You a King?
Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” John 18:33 NASB The Politically Charged Question Pilate interrogates Jesus by beginning privately with a loaded question. As Governor AND presiding judge (in chambers), the Prefect questions the defendant already declared guilty by the…
