Paul continues his letter to the church in Rome. Last time I reviewed his reasons for writing (laying a strong theological foundation and his plans to visit on his way to Spain), as recorded in Romans 1-5 and 15-16. The rest of the book (chapters 6-14) focuses on Christian living. As the NIV study bible [...]
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Osceola County (FL) Wilderness Areas – Twin Oaks Conservation Area
Besides Shingle Creek Regional Park, another "urban wilderness" area that I love is Twin Oaks Conservation Area. Located on an eastern arm of Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee, it offers a number of recreation opportunities for simple folks like me. First, I enjoy fishing there. To be honest, I've never actually caught a fish, or even [...]
Life of Paul 32
The next phase of Paul's life began after he visited Corinth one last time. In our last visit with Paul, he had received word through Titus about Corinth while in Macedonia. He wrote 2nd Corinthians and we looked at that letter. We read in Acts 20:2-3 that, "when he had gone through those regions and [...]
End Times
This was the topic in the Sunday School class I taught today, and since I haven't addressed this issue on my blog in quite some time (about 2 years) I thought I'd go ahead and write something about it. The Bible actually says quite a bit about how human history is expected to play out. [...]
Osceola County (FL) Wilderness Areas – Shingle Creek Regional Park
Part of my job with the Osceola County Historical Society (Osceola History) is to educate the public about some of the natural, wilderness areas in our County. We have quite a few! Here's a map I put together of the specially preserved areas throughout the county. By the way, where I work and live is [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 