Thursology

In this session, we begin a new mini-series related to the Last Days. As the Book of Revelation ends…we find that…in the end…what ultimately matters is whether a person’s name is in the Lamb’s Book of Life. In this series, Dr. Dan will unpack the biblical theology of issues like God’s sovereignty “versus” human freedom, election, predestination, atonement, eternal security, backsliding, and the unpardonable sin. Join us as we work through the biblical theology of the profoundly important matters of salvation…that many believers have strong beliefs about…but have never actually wrestled with by exposing their opinions to the biblical texts that bring their opinions into question. Be ready to be challenged!!!

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In our study on Laodicea…the lukewarm, compromising church of the Last Days, we will now see the powerful effect that the Remnant…the part-within-the-part-within-the-whole…can have on the world…and on the intermingled church.  In this study, Dr. Dan will unpack some amazing passage from the Song of Solomon and the Book of Genesis that reveal how much God loves us…and how much He desires for us to be purified and empowered…to help Him save His church…and His world!!!

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In our study on Laodicea…the lukewarm, compromising church of the Last Days, we now come to a pervasive biblical concept of how God saves nations, and His people, when they have turned from Him. When the “part-within-the-whole” (Israel/the Church) intermingles with the world, then He uses a “part-within-the-part-within-the-whole” (The “Remnant”) to save the world. In this session, Dr. Dan shows how…when God must allow His people to be exiled because of their repeated disobedience…His righteous, set-apart Remnant becomes the powerful tool that He uses to carry out His salvation plan for the church…and for the nation. 

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In Revelation 3, the final church…Laodicea…represents the lukewarm, compromising church of the Last Days. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they live in compromise. We’ve seen the link between the American Church today and the intermingled Hebrew nation that was exiled into Babylon. But remarkably…even if the church is headed into exile and persecution…there is actually hope in such calamity. It’s found in the biblical concept of “God’s Cycle of Redemptive Judgment.”  In this cycle…we see how God can even use pain…to save His people…to save…us!!!  

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In Revelation 3, the final church…Laodicea…represents the lukewarm, compromising church of the Last Days. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the mini-series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they live in compromise. And he makes the link between the American Church today and the compromising Hebrew nation that was exiled into Babylon. And…remarkably…when God disciplines His wayward people by allowing the world to persecute them…He actually calls them to embrace their exile and to respond with deep repentance. But…the great news is…on the other side of exile comes grace, restoration, and redemption. And now God’s people…purified by going through “the fire”…are in a position to help God save His world!!!

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Many believe that the last church in Revelation, Laodicea, represents the lukewarm, compromising church of the Last Days. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the mini-series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they live in compromise. And the next prophetic word is ominous: “Because of your repeated return the world’s ways…I am sending you into exile.”  This session faces the grim reality of the current status of the American church…and that the Lord may have to allow persecution and disruption of the church to finally get our attention.  But…the good news is…through exile…in the end…the Lord will save us…and use us to save our land!!!

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Many believe that Laodicea…the 7th church in Revelation 3…represents the lukewarm, compromising church of the End Times. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the mini-series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they live like the world. And this month we find that…when God’s people PURSUE power…not only do they fail to gain WORLDLY power…they end up losing GOD’S power as well!!!  When the Disciples sought worldly authority…they lost power over the forces of darkness…and the forces of darkness gained power over them!!!  And they now had nothing to offer to those who were lost.  They no longer had the only power that would be able to deliver those who were imprisoned by their sin.  When the followers of Christ focus on who’s going to be in charge…and who gets the say-so…then we lose the only power that really matters. 

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Many believe that Laodicea…the 7th church in Revelation 3…represents the lukewarm, compromising church of the End Times. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the mini-series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they live like the world. And the next “Word” describes a recurrent error among God’s people when they become lukewarm: They place their hope in partnerships with political alliances…human government…and worldly power!  So, this session is a call for God’s people to return to a single-minded trust and dependence on God’s power alone.

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Many theologians believe that Laodicea…the 7th church in Revelation 3…represents the lukewarm church that has intermingled with the world that will be present during the End Times. In this session, Dr. Dan continues the mini-series with the “Prophetic Words” that reliably come to God’s people when they compromise and become like…or even worse than…the world. When the 8th Prophetic Word comes…it says that God’s people have become “worse than Sodom.”  And when this happens…the people of God have become disqualified from speaking truth to the world. Tonight, we wrestle with how God can reach a lost world…when His church has disqualified itself from speaking Truth. 

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Revelation 2 & 3 are messages to seven 1st century churches in Asia Minor. In addition to being 7 extant churches at the time of John’s writing, many scholars believe that they represent 7 “eras” of the church…as it has progressed through the ages. And so…it appears that the End-Times church is the lukewarm church thathas intermingled with the world. In this session, Dr. Dan shows the parallel between the Southern Kingdom of Judah and what has happened in the American church. Using this parallel, we see how the 8 “Prophetic Words” to God’s people in the OT are directly relevant to the modern church…and establish a stunning warning to those who have become lukewarm.

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