by Angela Perritt | May 22, 2018 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Love God Greatly Posts |
Our beloved Thessalonians were facing such hard trials and persecution they thought they were living the day of the Lord, the time of the tribulation. Paul sends them this second letter to calm their hearts and remind them that the day of the Lord wouldn´t come until...
by Angela Perritt | May 16, 2018 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Love God Greatly Posts |
The Thessalonian church was growing in faith and increasing in love for one another (2 Thess. 1:3). If I asked you, you probably would say faith and love are two areas in which you want to grow. But growing has a price not many of us are willing to pay. The...
by Angela Perritt | May 6, 2018 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Love God Greatly Posts |
As I sat down to gather information for today’s blog post on the return of Christ, I noticed that the date, April 23, 2018, was the most recently forecasted date for the end of the world. As I sipped on my coffee and watched the birds play in the gentle rain, I could...
by Angela Perritt | Apr 29, 2018 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Love God Greatly Posts |
I’m a mother of three girls. My oldest is 12, my middle daughter is 10 and my youngest is 6 and like any mother these days, I struggle with figuring out how much to tell my girls about the world in which they live. While I don’t want them to be naive to...
by Angela Perritt | Apr 26, 2018 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Love God Greatly Posts |
Our reading in 1 Thessalonians 2:17 opens with Paul writing to the Thessalonians that he had been “torn away…” from them even though he made every effort to stay in Thessalonica and be there with his church family. When I read these words, I picture...