As you are probably aware, the Apostle Paul (formerly Saul the self-righteous Pharisee and persecutor of Christians) traveled throughout much of the Roman Empire sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and establishing churches and church leaders from those who believed the Gospel. From his “home church” in Antioch in

The Book of Acts follows the four gospel accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. The Book has been formally called “The Acts of the Apostles,” which is true, but it’s actually the continuing work of Jesus through His Apostles as they were empowered by the Holy Spirit for life and

The Gospel of John is the fourth, and last, of the Gospels in the New Testament. You might recall that John was one of the first disciples whom Jesus called to follow Him. It all began on the shores of the Sea of Galilee as Jesus was teaching the crowds

The Gospel of Luke is the third Gospel in our Bibles. If you recall, the word for “gospel” comes from the Greek word which means “good news,” and each of the gospels present Jesus as the One who not only is the “Good News,” but who is also the One

The Gospel of Mark is the second of the Gospels in our Bibles. Remember, the word for “Gospel” comes from the Greek word which means “Good News,” and each of the gospels present Jesus as the One who not only is the “Good News,” but who is also the One

From the last page of the Old Testament in the Book of Malachi to the first page of the New Testament in the Book of Matthew there is a gap in history of approximately 450 years. It had been four and a half centuries since the people of Israel had

In our last few blogs, we have been accumulating names associated with the returning exiles after 70 years in Babylonian captivity. These names included the prophets Haggai and Zachariah, in addition to Zerubbabel the governor and Joshua the High Priest, both of whom were commissioned by God to oversee the

In our last blog, we were introduced to three individuals: Haggai the Prophet; Zerubbabel the governor of the returning exiles; and Joshua the High Priest, all commissioned by God to fulfill their calling in rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. If you recall, after building the altar of sacrifice so that

In 538 B.C. King Cyrus of Persia issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to their land to rebuild the Temple that was destroyed in 586 B.C. by the Babylonian army. Gathering supplies for the 900 mile journey which would take several months, Zerubbabel (the son of the governor

Empire was ascending. In his very first chapter, Zephaniah describes the coming judgment saying, “Near is the great day of the LORD, near and coming very quickly; listen, the day of the LORD! In it the warrior cries out bitterly. A day of wrath is that day, a day of