Posts Tagged ‘Rome

14
Jun
19

PENTECOST!

Fire, gifts, comfort and Friendship?

The world today is a harsh and pressured place to live in to survive, one wonders what they said two thousand years ago in Jerusalem and Rome bustling cities in their own right?

Life is pressured and people are demanding to meet deadlines, sometimes even the Church can be worse than the world when tempers fray?

God promised through Jesus that the believers would never be alone, we have got a wonderful friend to help us all the time! He has given us gifts to use, He helps us pray, has provided us with Spiritual armour and He is our friend to guide us through the difficulties and the good times of our lives!

Psalm 48:14,   Ecclesiastes 12:11,   Acts 2:3-4,   Ephesians 6:10-17,   Revelation 2:7.

26
Feb
16

URBANIZATION. TWO.

Great Cities.

Today we might say Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Paris and London and there a quite a few more?  We remember them because they are the seats of great power, freedoms, liberation, culture, science, all the attributes of human achievment!

The bible tells us to about the great cities that hold dark powers, these are the ones that oppress humanity, who murder believers in the past,  today and the future.

God tells us through His word how he has destroyed those early ones with water and how one new one will be for all who had faith in Jesus, after the whore is destroyed.

Genesis 4:17,  Luke 17:27-28,  Revelation 14:8,  21:2.

11
Jul
14

REVOLUTION. Part-Two.

The Fear of Changes.

Loosing out is one reason for starting one, others trade, and wanting a change that is dramatic. The New Testament shows us the man Demetrius who wanted rid of this new teaching, which he felt was putting him out of business.

He was accused of starting a riot and if this stituation was to esculate it would open the door to change in the Roman Empire.

Today we have seen revolutions in Egypt and the Ukraine over economic issues, they claim it is better to be with the west or the European Union?

Acts 19:24-41, 1 Timothy 6:9-13.

06
Aug
12

The Crusades. Part-Two.

The Crusades began with great ideals of protecting pilgrims in the Holy lands and fervor for the Crusade was quickly put together across the Royal courts of Europe, particularly France and Germany by hermits and monks.  The desire to please the Pope in Rome, probably was connected more with indulgences, such as prayers for dead ancestors transit from purgatory to heaven.

Meanwhile the Pope wanted to unify Europe and bring both the Roman Catholic Church and nations all under his one umbrella of power.




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