R.S. Helms Commentary

The Church at Ephesus The Church at Ephesus   Perhaps, there are those Christians in the church today who have never heard about the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, (Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ to St. John; chapter 2 – 3), there are some so-called Christians that do not read and study the Bible on a regular basis, and some preachers seldom preach from the book of Revelation. Nonetheless, the book is a wonderful book of study for the Christian, and the seven churches may be used very effectively for a measuring gage in three aspects of your spiritual wellness, as an individual, as a church, and as the church universal.   The conditions, which Jesus addresses, cycle through the Christian church experience, as well as the individual relationship of Christians to Christ.   The church at Ephesus, its history of spiritual good works for the kingdom, and its fault.   2  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seve

Thoughts For Today Part two of two   We pick up where we left off, and that is inspecting the fruit of people.   Here at home, people become outraged at the evil carnage committed by the Islamic State in the Middle East, Kenia, and other Muslim regimes, while downplaying radical Islamic terrorist bloodbaths in western nations.   Yet these so-called homegrown terrorist cells enjoy the freedom to move about and organize using Islam Mosques for recruiting and radicalizing Muslims.   Where is the sustained outrage?   The president, demonstrated outrage over evil committed in Paris, and then went back to yuking it up with his friends on the golf course.   He demonstrated his outrage against the Christian Crusades, ether not knowing the facts, or purposely blaming Christian aggression for committing this evil, or indirectly placing blame on the Christians for the problems with Islam.   From the day Adam took a bite of the fruit of the tree, there has been evil in the hea

The World Will Hate You… R.S. Helms   J esus told us in the gospel of John, (15:18) (“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you”).   There is several areas if concern, which I would like to address today.   First off, the lie which has been perpetrated against the United States for several decades, and at present is propagandized by the liberal left wing of the political spectrum and the President of our nation along with his minions and global citizenry brain washed spokespersons rendering Obama praises.   This is a Christian nation it was founded as such, continuously been such, and now it remains a Christian nation with a multitude of religions because they are guaranteed freedom to practice their faith as they see fit.   The intent of that First Amendment guarantee is that the government is forbidden to mandate a national religion.   So as a Christian, and a Southern Baptist Pastor (ret.), I am so happy to claim “we are an un-mandated Ch