The second of two paintings that SOTHLC has commissioned to be painted is now complete: The Pantokrator. This is a painting of the Jesus as the “all powerful,” which is what pantokrator means in Greek. It represents Jesus returning in glory and power on the Last Day to judge the living and the dead. Like […]
Get Up and Eat: 1 Kings 19:1-8
August 12, 2012 by
“Get up and eat”: that was the buzzing alarm clock that awakened the Prophet Elijah as he slept under a broom tree. He had just come back from the magnificent victory at Mt. Carmel, where fire blazed down from heaven, and 450 prophets of Baal were put to the sword. What a heroic day for […]
Revelation: Lesson 9: The Seven Signs, Parts 2-3
August 11, 2012 by
After the Apostle John observed heavenly worship, he saw Jesus, represented as a wounded but victorious lamb, receive a scroll with seven seals. Revelation then moves into four successive visions of each seal that Jesus opens. Last week, we looked at the first seal, which depicted the cosmic battle between good and evil, between the […]
Will the Real “Sola Scriptura” Please Stand Up!
August 8, 2012 by
This is an excursus that our pastor wrote for a study on the New Testament epistle of Jude. Excursus: Will the Real “Sola Scriptura” Please Stand Up! To make his theological points, Jude liberally referred to parts of the Old Testament, which his readers viewed as authoritative. He called on such authority to show […]
Jude
August 7, 2012 by
Jude Author The author of this epistle simply identifies himself as “Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.” But who is he? First, Jude is a shortened form of “Judas.” Of course, we know of Judas Iscariot (of Kerioth). Yet, the New Testament mentions four other Judases. One was the Judas […]
If It Seems Like Your Pastor Is Crazy…
August 7, 2012 by
This article is reprint of what was posted on Internet Monk on August 6, 2012. The author makes some insightful points about the state of the church in North America and how that impacts pastors. by Randy Thompson If it seems like your pastor might be crazy, it may well be that the poor […]
SOTHLC’s Hodegetria is Now Finished
August 6, 2012 by
One of the paintings SOTHLC has commissioned to be painted is now complete: The Hodegetria. This is a painting of the child Jesus with His mother, Mary, who is pointing to Him as the salvation of the world. Church tradition has St. Luke as the first painter of this painting. Although this cannot be proven, […]
Jesus, the Bread of Life: John 6:22-35
August 5, 2012 by
Feeding the crowd of 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish was an enormous crowd-pleaser. Getting free food had so enthralled the crowd that they wanted to make Jesus their bread king–by force, if needed! So, Jesus withdrew to a mountain to slip away from their plots and schemes. His disciples left by […]
Revelation, Lesson 8: The Seven Signs, Part 1
July 31, 2012 by
The Seven Signs, Part 1 We now find ourselves seeing John receive four different visions in succession, each with seven signs each. The visions are not identical, but they appear to be related. And so, as a study vehicle, we will study these signs in parallel, including the two interludes within the seven signs. Because […]
Christian Suffering: Ephesians 3:13-21
July 29, 2012 by
Times exist in the life of every Christian where it seems that sorrow will overwhelm the life of faith. Perhaps, death has visited and laid you low. Now, we know from Scripture that we’re not supposed to base our faith on our feelings. For our feelings change from day and day and can even deceive […]
