Posts Categorized: Franks Blog

Matthew 15:6 “You nullify the Word of God for the sake of your tradition.”   It was during this time (medieval age) that tradition began to set in. Three things come out that I think are important. First, we have the commands of the Lord. When it comes to these commands this is not something… Read more »

Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord.   One other lesson that we can learn during this period is that we need to be intellectually… Read more »

“Repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Luke 24:47   It was during this time in the dark ages (400 AD – 800AD) that Islam began and it spread quite rapidly – mainly through the sword. This new religion moved into areas where Christianity had… Read more »

1 Corinthians 4:11-13 “To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answered kindly. Up to this moment we… Read more »

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is… Read more »

2 Corinthians 2:11 “….in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.”   Although the truth remains the same, strategy changes according to the times, circumstances and situations that we find ourselves in.   This is also true with Satan down through the ages. His methods have been… Read more »

Revelation 12:11 “They overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”   The early expansion of the kingdom of God into the Roman world was not without difficulties and obstacles. However, it was… Read more »

1 Corinthians 10:20 “The sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.”   Rome, like empires before and after, were caught up in what is known as the five deadly sins. What were the five deadly sins of history? 1 – Rejection… Read more »

Acts 2:14 “Then Peter stood up with the 11, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: ‘Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.’” Jesus had died, was buried and rose again on the third day and later ascended back into… Read more »

Matthew 13:31, 32 “He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed a man took planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air,… Read more »