A Message to a Pastor on a Greek Island: Titus 3:1-11 – Tal Davis

June 18, 2024   |  

As I write this article, my wife Barbara and I, along with my two sons, my daughter-in-law and two grand-daughters, are preparing for a trip of a lifetime. We will be touring Rome, the Mediterranean Greek islands, and stopping in Ephesus. My greatest excitement is to see first hand some…
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Who Won the War of 1812?: A Short History of History – Tal Davis

June 4, 2024   |  

O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave …
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What’s with the New Latter-day Saints’ Temples? – Tal Davis

May 14, 2024   |  

(Note: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now prefers to be called officially simply the Church of Jesus Christ. However we will continue to use its traditional abbreviation of LDS to differentiate it from other churches. Also we will occasionally still refer to members of the church by…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 7: Laodicea – Tal Davis

March 31, 2024   |  

In this seven part series we have been examining the seven letters the exalted Jesus dictated to the Apostle John on the Island of Patmos, and that John included in the book of Revelation chapters two and three. The last remaining city on the risen Lord’s letter writing circuit is…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 6: Philadelphia – Tal Davis

March 28, 2024   |  

When we hear the name Philadelphia, we immediately think of the city in Pennsylvania where, in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. But long before the United States was even imagined, a city of that name was located in Asia Minor. It is to the church in that…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 5: Sardis – Tal Davis

March 16, 2024   |  

Most major cities in the ancient Mediterranean world had what was called an acropolis (high city). These were fortified citadels high on a hill or plateau, the cities’ citizens took refuge there in the event of an enemy attack. It was also where sacred buildings were built to be safe…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 4: Thyatira – Tal Davis

March 3, 2024   |  

In this seven part series we are analyzing the seven letters dictated to the Apostle John by the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the book of Revelation chapters two and three. Previously we looked at the first three letters written by the risen Jesus to churches in Ephesus,…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 3: Pergamum – Tal Davis

February 18, 2024   |  

Following His letters to the churches in Ephesus and Smyrna, the risen Lord Jesus Christ next addresses the congregation in Pergamum. Speaking through His inspired scribe, the elder Apostle John, Jesus delivers to the church’s angel, or pastor, the words He wants the believers to hear. As with the other…
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Jesus’ Letters to Seven Asian Churches – Part 2: Smyrna – Tal Davis

February 11, 2024   |  

In the first installment of this seven part series we recounted how, late in the First Century AD, the aged Apostle John was exiled on the Island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea. Patmos lies off the coast of the Roman province of Asia (now eastern Turkey). While languishing there,…
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