I started this series with the quote from the first verse of the book of Hebrews: “In past times God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. But now He has spoken to us in a Son.” (Hebrews 1:1). …
Pulling the Threads Together on Hearing God’s Voice (19)
My Advice to You – Don’t Skip the Genealogies
The majority of Christians I have met tell me when the topic comes up that they skip the genealogies. If they come to a biblical genealogy they skip right over it and continue reading on the other side. Why would I want to read a …
Matthew’s Genealogy saved the Binumarien from extinction
For the Nugget this week I thought I would stay on the subject of genealogies in the Bible. I received many comments on last week’s Nugget on the Genealogy of Genesis Five. In fact before we start this week’s Nugget let me add some detail …
Names in Hebrew are often Based on a Play on Words – Be Careful
We have been looking at Hebrew genealogies in the last couple of Nuggets. In this Nugget I want to focus on one name only, but this one name is indicative of many names in the Bible which carry huge meaning. As I have told you …
Overcoming Strongholds
As promised, here is the first of the follow up Nuggets on Sunday’s sermon. There were many things I didn’t have time to say or had to cut short to fit the bare bones in. I will make this series interactive like the Bible Gems …
What Is A Stronghold?
Let’s look again at 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 to get a clear idea of what a stronghold is. I have created for you an Amplified version on the basis of my own translation of this verse and the Greek words behind the text, combining it with …
How do Strongholds Develop?
In the last Nugget I dealt with strongholds that come to us through our culture and collective thinking. Evolutionary thought, our world view on the supernatural are just two examples; there are others of course. I only used two as example to show how strongholds …
Examples of Strongholds in the Bible
In this Nugget we will look at examples of strongholds in the Bible. I want to focus on two, the first in detail and the second in summary. Let’s look first at the example of Gideon from Judges 6. A well-known example of asking for …
Strongholds coming through Portals of Power
We have looked at how strongholds develop in our culture when ideas which are untrue and opposed to God’s Truth are embraced by society and accepted. We have looked at the way strongholds develop over our lives as individuals as a result of untruth and …
Our Response when Faced with Strongholds of Evil
There are mixed reactions across the Body of Christ among believers when faced with evil strongholds that come to us when either we allow the Portals of Power to be opened or when we encounter people who have allowed such entry. As I said in …