Posts Categorized: Franks Blog

BACKGROUND OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH   It was said that Isaiah’s ministry lasted for about sixty years and that he supposedly died under the terrible reign of Manasseh. Jewish tradition says that he was brutally martyred by being placed in a hollowed trunk of a tree and then “sawed in two.”   Reading through the book of… Read more »

 What Can We Do? part 9   Revelation 13:16-17 “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 8   Isaiah 59:15 “Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.”   In Tim Stafford’s book SHAKING THE SYSTEM he does a study on some of the great reform movements here in the States… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 7   John 8:32 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”   We (the church) need to shake the system. Looking back over the history of my own country (USA) we see how God’s people helped to bring about some of the greatest reform movements… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO?  Part 6   Daniel 9:2-3 “In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 5   2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 4   Colossians 2:2-5 “My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 3   Numbers 4:4 “This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.”   1 Peter 4:17 “For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 2   Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of… Read more »

WHAT CAN WE DO? Part 1   Ephesians 2:2  “In which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.”   Looking at some of these men that I have been… Read more »