What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh? Some believe it was bad eyesight, while others believe it was stomach trouble. This completely misses what the biblical “thorn in the flesh” refers to! Find out what Paul’s thorn in the flesh was in this video!
Author: Alan Holden
1 Timothy Introduction
Date: c. 62 AD At the end of the Book of Acts, Paul is under house arrest in Rome, waiting for his appeal before Caesar. After two years of house arrest, Paul is acquitted. With Luke and Timothy, they visit the church at Ephesus, where he discovered his prophecy about “wolves” (Acts 20:29-30) have been…
1 Thessalonians 3
Key Word “establish,” meaning to set forth, grounded Christians go through testing and afflictions (1 Thessalonians 3:3, 5). Unless they are established, grounded, in the Word, they will be upset by the devil. What did Paul do to establish these believers? He Sent Them a Man, vv. 1-2 Paul sent them Timothy to strengthen them…
Fall of the World Economy
Revelation 18:1-24 Introduction This chapter has four distinct voices. The Voice of Judgment, vv. 1-3 The angel announces the fall of the world economy. This city, the center of the world economy, collaspes. The Voice of Separation, vv. 4-8 A. God’s people are in this Tribulation city and He wants them to be separate from…
Fall of World Religion
Revelation 17:1-18 Introduction In chapters 17 & 18, we see two Babylons: A. Religious Babylon, in chapter 17, that will be overthrown by the Beast. B. Economic Babylon, in chapter 18, that will be overthrown/destroyed by God. This is not the ancient city of Babylon in modern Iraq. We know this because verse 9 says,…
Zeal
And You Think You’re Busy? I just finished reading F. Deauville Walker’s biography of William Carey, pioneer missionary to India. Here is the record of one day in India reconstructed from his diary in 1806. He rose at a quarter to six, read a chapter from the Hebrew Bible and spent some time in private…
Youth
Clarifying the Message From a father’s letter to a son in college: “Am enclosing $10 as you requested in your letter. Incidentally, $10 is spelled with one zero, not two.” Father’s Advice Maybe you should start shifting for yourself now while you still know everything. Teen Independence A mother was overheard talking about her teenage…
Worry
Costly Anxiety Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles. –E. Stanley Jones The Channel Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Getting Rid of the Rodent Years ago, in the pioneer days of aviation, a pilot…
Work
Model Motivation On employee bulletin board: “In case of fire, flee the building with the same reckless abandon that occurs each day at quitting time.” Doctrine of Faith If you don’t believe in the resurrection of the dead, you ought to be here five minutes before quitting time! –Sign in a San Francisco wholesale florist…
Words
A Thoughtless Word In a country church of a small village an altar boy serving the priest at Sunday mass accidentally dropped the cruet of wine. The village priest struck the altar boy sharply on the cheek and in a gruff voice shouted: “Leave the altar and don’t come back!” That boy became Tito, the…