There are some recurring mentions in Revelation of an enemy "who spilled the blood of the saints and prophets." It seems like Jesus was speaking to similar enemies in His times (the Gospel accounts). Perhaps they are one and the same, and if so, it opens up our understanding of Revelation a little bit more.

There are some recurring mentions in Revelation of an enemy "who spilled the blood of the saints and prophets." It seems like Jesus was speaking to similar enemies in His times (the Gospel accounts). Perhaps they are one and the same, and if so, it opens up our understanding of Revelation a little bit more.

First Peter 1:23 says we have born again of incorruptible seed through the Word of God? What is the Word of God? Jesus, who is the Word become flesh? The prophetic word more fully confirmed delivered to us by the Apostles? Yes, and more. Much more. More than ink and words on pages, it has power, and the latter epistles in our Bibles unpack this for us.

First Peter 1:23 says we have born again of incorruptible seed through the Word of God? What is the Word of God? Jesus, who is the Word become flesh? The prophetic word more fully confirmed delivered to us by the Apostles? Yes, and more. Much more. More than ink and words on pages, it has power, and the latter epistles in our Bibles unpack this for us.

Salvation: What have we received? What does it do? And what is our response? The authors of Hebrews and James agree on their answer to these questions!!

Truth. Tough love. Hard sayings. When Jesus says things that rattles our 21st century senses, how are we to take them!? Just as they are. Dean Kalmukos guest speaks for this 3 entrance into his series he's preached sporadically at Woodland Friends!

Philemon is hard to categorize. About all we can do is throw it under "Paul's authorship," but otherwise it's hard to throw it in categories. The fact that it's a rather personal letter that made it to the rest of the canon might make us wonder the Holy Spirit's intentions in its eternal awareness. But we find it takes an overwhelming theme of the Bible and applies it to its very literal reality.

Philemon is hard to categorize. About all we can do is throw it under "Paul's authorship," but otherwise it's hard to throw it in categories. The fact that it's a rather personal letter that made it to the rest of the canon might make us wonder the Holy Spirit's intentions in its eternal awareness. But we find it takes an overwhelming theme of the Bible and applies it to its very literal reality.

Sermons from the Woodland Friends Church in Central-North Idaho.

Sermons from the Woodland Friends Church in Central-North Idaho.