Sep 7, 2024
12 Ways to Stay the Course in Ministry
Whether you are the guy setting up chairs, ordering crayons for children’s ministry, or searching the Scriptures to preach the Word, the enemy of consistent ministry is apathy, discouragement, and even discontent. Six New Thoughts to Think Think about the rarity of a well-run local church. Tak...
Aug 30, 2024
Romans Background
Who The Apostle Paul to mostly Gentile church(es) with some Jews Where & When Romans was an extended letter dictated by Paul to his letter-writer Tertius (Romans 16:22) carried by Phoebe (the courier) to the Roman house-churches in Rome between AD 56 and AD 58. These house churches began at Pe...
Aug 30, 2024
Acts Background
Who Luke (protégé to the Apostle Paul) to the Gentile Believer Theophilus in the early Church era Where & When Acts was most likely written during Paul’s imprisonment in Rome around AD 64 or AD 65. This is surmised because Acts is Part 2 of a two-part series about Jesus Christ (the first part...
Aug 30, 2024
John Background
Who The Apostle John to Jewish Unbelievers in the early Church Where & When The Gospel of John was most likely written late in the development of the Church probably between AD 80 and AD 90, toward the end of John’s life and after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70. It was per...
