Pastor Joe's Garden

After Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind, where did he go from there? You might think the answer is either Heaven or nowhere, but he has appeared in places since then and will appear again. We'll look at these and expand on various aspects of them.

The title line is from a person's video but this message is focused on a change in unbelievers that is happening in our time. The arrogance of people has increased to the point where they feel entitled to judge God by their standards. Prophecy tells us to expect this near the end but we know there are still people who can hear the gospel message. How do we reach them?

Are you born again? What does it even mean to be born again? Even the people who should be able to answer that don't have good complete answers. In this study we begin with Jesus telling Nicodemus he must be born again, and then doing a first level breakdown of the meaning. We carry on from there using other verses.

List of topics: 1. Canada 2. AI 3. West Point 4. Sam's Club 5. Dog waiting for owner to say Grace 6. Anti-Semitic bill

List of topics: 1. Dubai Under Water 2. UK Grocery-Sin Tax 3. Microsoft Launches Scary AI Tech 4. AI Tech used in Deep Fake Hoax

It's unusual for leftists to admit that their attempts to engineer a Utopian society have instead produced a mess, But some do. In this short study we look at one such person who admits it didn't work out the way he expected and that He didn't have the foresight to see what would happen.

In Revelation, we see the 7 churches in Asia Minor receiving their report cards from God. Mostly the church of Thawatyra is doing well but there is a very big problem, one that we see in many modern churches. They are tolerating the intolerable. After we look at what Revelation shows us, we address how modern churches are supposed to deal with it.

Many churches are legitimizing homosexuality by allowing homosexuals to enter by referring to them as non-practicing. This study looks at the false idea behind this and also digs into whether God accepts non-practicing homosexuality.

In this look at conversion, as Calvinists think of it, we see that the result is commonly a person who constantly asks 'How can I know ...' but never finds the answer satisfying. How can I know if I am saved? How can I know if I am going to Heaven? These are the questions of a faithless person.

List of topics: 1. Bill Gates 2. JP Morgan Chase 3. NSA 4. Nanobots in your blood

Give up your virtue signaling and self-righteous attitudes. Ask yourself whom you will serve? Be honest and answer with boldness of faith.

This study encourages the listener to be careful who they listen to and what they read. The Bible calls on us to 'test everything'. We look at a two sentence FaceBook post. At first glance, it sounds very nice about the Bible, but then we notice there are odd things about it. Once we've analyzed it, we can see it is not at all Biblical.

We expect prophecy in the Bible books written by prophets but we don't expect it in the other books. We look at an example from Job, where prophecy wouldn't be expected. In that passage Job is going along like he does but then it changes as though someone else was speaking and a prophecy begins.

There is no cure for depression, but we can overcome it. This sermon follows the story of Elijah who suffered from depression but overcame the paralyzing effect it had on him. We too can learn something from his experience.

We live in a society where truth had become less important than feelings. We find people and organizations trying to make us feel one way or another. Looking carefully, we see that their actions don't line up with their words. That can change us, make us hard and cynical. Instead God wants us to be watchful and shrewd.

The Greek word Sabbatismos is used only once in the Bible. It isn't clear what is meant by that word. Therefore it is a place where people can twist the meaning. In this case the goal is eliminating Sabbath keeping for Christians. In this study, we'll look at a theologian who does such twisting and see how he does what he does.

In this short study, we look at the importance of recognizing evil as evil, even when it is so small that many would say 'ignore it'. Sometimes those little things indicate a problem that must be dealt with before it becomes a raging monster.

Like most people, I had never even thought to ask what books the Nazis were burning and why. Liberals have certainly told us how terrible it was for these books to be burned, but they never say what the books were. We'll look at the answers to those questions through the lens of the burning of books that happened in Ephesus as recorded in the Bible.

Because of the differences between the Greek Bible manuscripts, we know that changes were made. We can see that the vast number of changes were trivial and even sometimes unintentional. Some weren't. In this study, we see an example where someone tried to insert trinity doctrine. Sometime later, people saw what had been done and ripped it out.

List of topics: 1) Abortion 2) China creates lifelong battery 3) April 8, 2024, solar eclipse 4) Man eating human leg 5) Support for cannibalism 6) Bill Gates - digital id 7) Bill Gates pushes vaccine 8) Demon face syndrome

People deal with fear in many ways but God wants us to be fearless. Even though things happen that could cause us to fear, the Bible says faith and love will keep the fear out of us. The Bible says a lot about fear, as we will see.

Christian Nationalism is being talked about in some circles. Some people are claiming to be Christian Nationalists. The problem is that there is no single definition of what it is. We look at the most basic definition of the term and ask the question - Is this a Biblical idea?

Most people think the book of Esther is about a young Jewish woman who is faithful to God and thereby saves her people. By looking at the history of her people and the text of the story, we see that the book is about something more than that.

List of topics: 1. Washington passes law to teach LGBTQ in k-12 2. JP Morgan biometric system 3. Canada's social credit score system 4. Feds given tools to shut down your bank account

If fear doesn't come from God, it has to come from the devil. What do you fear most? Death, loss of income, or God! We will go over these fears and more!