by Steve Sheely | Mar 2, 2021 | Steve the Pastor
I propose that the letter from the apostle James was the first book of the New Testament. There is good reason to believe that it was a letter written to the new Christians in Jerusalem who were exiled from the city by Herod as recorded in Acts 8 and Acts 11. This...
by Steve Sheely | Jan 8, 2021 | Pastors Blog
Christian Nationalism is neither. They carried crosses. They carried flags and banners with Christian symbols. Clothing was adorned with symbols and slogans about Jesus. Am I describing medieval crusades? Christian nationalism was on display at last week’s terrorist...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 15, 2020 | Steve the Pastor
Beginning in October, 2020 I did an overview of the parables in Luke’s gospel. October 15, 2020: Overview of Luke’s gospel and a discussion of the parable as a teaching style and Luke 5:36-39, “The Parable of the Wineskins.” October 20, 2020:...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 1, 2020 | Pastors Blog
Idolizing the past, in my opinion, is akin to giving up on the future…God’s future. In the old book there is a story of a ribbon-cutting. Decades after the Babylonians destroyed Solomon’s temple, some of the exiles came back to rebuild it. You can imagine...
by Steve Sheely | Aug 3, 2020 | Steve the Pastor
These are 15-minute overviews of the Old Testament prophets. Like the Revelation, finding a historical and situational context for these ancient documents can help us apply them to our own lives. August 18, 2020: Obadiah August 20, 2020: Joel August 25, 2020: ...
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