Andrews UMC

Sorry, it has taken me a few weeks to close out this series. I don’t like to leave things undone and didn’t mean to leave you hanging. It’s been a busy couple of weeks getting things rolling in Blairsville, so I haven’t had much time to write. I’m hoping to continue...

Let us continue our study with the next letter to Pergamum or Pergamos. This letter begins rather ominously and aggressively with “These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. I know where you live—where Satan has his throne.” Yikes! This doesn’t...

Before we get started with the much anticipated 7 letters to the 7 churches, I wanted to share that some theologians think that these aren’t really 7 actual churches but are in reference to “apostolic ages” between the beginnings of the New Testament church and today....

"I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice...

"1The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3Blessed...

Before I close this series out, I wanted to go back to the book of Judges. Last week, I veered away from those stories, but this week I wanted to bring it full circle. Throughout “history” or “His story”, that’s “God’s story”, there is a recurring theme of suffering...

Unfortunately, the “worldly way” mindset or pattern of behavior that we’ve been studying in this series is so engrained on the collective human psyche that it’s not humanly possible to eradicate it completely. John Calvin, sixteenth century theologian and reformer,...

Even though there are 12 “judges” or leaders for the nation of Israel in the book of Judges, there are only two that get the major headlines. We’ve already looked at Gideon so that only leaves one. The next one on the list is probably the one that people are most...

How many of you have seen the 1984 film “Karate Kid”? I know there are sequels and a new TV series on Netflix, but I’m taking about the 1984 movie. If you haven’t seen it, it’s no biggie. I can give a basic recap. After all it’s not Shakespeare or academy award...

In part 1 of this series, I said that things were going to get a little weirder. I thought maybe weird wasn’t the right word, but after looking it up it makes perfect sense. If that’s possible for something weird to make perfect sense. But the definition of weird...

Last week, I was watching a sermon from one of the Pastors that I follow on YouTube. In his message he used the phrase “we’re going about it in a worldly way”, as in we’re living out our faith in God in a “worldly way”. It brings to mind Proverbs 14:12 which...

As a science fiction movie fan, I find robots, droids, cyborgs, and artificial intelligence entertaining. I’m weird that way. I grew up watching robots on TV and in movies like “Lost in Space”, “Star Wars”, and “Battlestar Galactica”. In 1984 we were all introduced to...