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Jesus' Birth--Part 1

The prophet Daniel must have had some understanding of the times and seasons of the Messiah's coming, for he prophesied of a 490-year period to the Messiah's work (Dan. 9:24-27).… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/jesus-birth-part-1/

How Kings Should Rule--Part 2

I want to expand on a few concepts mentioned in Part 1. Deut. 17:17 says that the king was not to use his office to get rich. Keep in mind that this law applies not only to… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/how-kings-should-rule-part-2/

How Kings Should Rule

Political elections are in the news these days, and each candidate is setting forth his or her agenda. So it is appropriate that we study the contrasting way in which God views… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/how-kings-should-rule/

Seeing Christ in Others--Part 4, King Cyrus the Messiah

King Cyrus of Persia was not much different from other monarchs in his day. It was a time when men assumed that monarchs had the divine right to do as they pleased, kill whom they… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/seeing-christ-in-others-part-4-king-cyrus-the-messiah/

Seeing Christ in Others--Part 3, Subway Holiday Greetings

Today's news tells about an incident in a New York subway where someone said "Merry Christmas" to a stranger, and the stranger's response was "Happy Hanukkah." He was then… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/seeing-christ-in-others-part-3-subway-holiday-greetings/

Seeing Christ in Others--Part 2

One measure of our level of spiritual maturity is our ability to "see." Spiritual myopia is a symptom of spiritual immaturity. Maturity is hardly possible without improving… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/seeing-christ-in-others-part-2/

Seeing Christ in Others

The day is coming when we will all see God face to face--and live to tell about it. But meanwhile, there is another way to see God. It is more subtle, but it is very important in… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/12-2007/seeing-christ-in-others/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 14

Diocletian had divided the Empire as early as 285, shortly after becoming Emperor. He ruled from Nicomedia in Asia Minor; Maximian from Milan in Italy. Each one deputized a caesar… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-14/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 13

The last 40 years of the third century were relatively free of persecution for the Church. It was a time of unprecedented growth for Christianity, but it came at the expense of… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-13/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 12

The capture of Valerian left his son, Gallienus, sole emperor of Rome. But it left him in a very precarious position, because the Romans believed that the fate of the empire… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-12/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 11

Emperor Valerian at first favored the Christians and "filled his whole palace with godfearing people, making it a church of God," Eusebius tells us. This gave the emperor a… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-11/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 10

Stephen was the bishop of Rome from 253-257. He adopted the position that the baptism of heretics could be recognized as legitimate, no doubt based on the idea that salvation was… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-10/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 9

In 1 Samuel 13, King Saul established a prophetic type of the Church that finds its fulfillment in the middle of the third century. Saul was at war with the Philistines, and he… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-9/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 8

The Roman bishop, Pontian, was able to reconcile with Hippolytus and resolve the long-standing schism during the time that the two bishops were condemned to work the Sardinian… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-8/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 7

The first half of the third century, while the mighty Origen was humbly distinguishing himself in the East, a continuing line of non-entity bishops of Rome briefly bubbled to the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-7/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 6

Whereas the second century Church focused most of its attention upon heresies, the third century Church began to see open corruption in the Church, particularly beginning with the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-6/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 5

There was apparently a political power struggle in the Roman Church in 198 A.D. after Bishop Victor died. The outcome was that Zephyrinus was voted in as bishop instead of… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-5/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 4

The Christian philosophers wrote to fellow philosophers, in order to convince them that Christianity was the true Philosophy. Tertullian, on the other hand, pleads for Christians… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-4/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 3

While Origen was rising as the foremost biblical expositor in the East, Tertullian was the greatest Latin writer of the West. Tertullian was born around 145-150 A.D. and died… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-3/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 2

Origen's excommunication had nothing to do with the things he taught--and certainly not for his teaching on Universal Reconciliation. He was condemned as a schismatic for leaving… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-2/

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