Patty’s Story
Part 4 in the Series: The Spirit of Jezebel By Don Enevoldsen There is much more to say about the background to the church in Thyatira. Every part of the passage in Revelation 2:18-29 points to leadership that is self-entitled,
The Woman in the Window
Part 3 in the Series: The Spirit of Jezebel By Don Enevoldsen The message to the church of Thyatira revolves around a character called “that woman Jezebel.” (Revelation 2:20) Since Revelation is an apocalyptic book, written in an apocalyptic style,
Toleration and Intimidation
Part 2 in the Series: The Spirit of Jezebel By Don Enevoldsen I returned from lunch as I did every day. In one motion, I dropped into my chair while tapping the space bar on my keyboard to awaken my
A Jezebelian Kind of Thing
Part 1 in the Series: The Spirit of Jezebel By Don Enevoldsen I don’t usually give much attention to personal prophecy. They are usually uplifting, encouraging words (usually), but so general in content that they don’t really mean much. “God
Logos
“Word of God” is a phrase used widely in evangelical circles as a synonym for “Bible,” though according to the Gospel of John, Jesus is the Word. In the Word of Faith churches I’ve been associated with (and to a
Disciple
I never liked discipleship programs. And by inference, I’ve always had a kind of revulsion for the idea of discipleship. At least at a visceral level. Intellectually I know that Jesus called us to make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). In fact,
A New Continuation
By Don Enevoldsen In six days it will be one year since I last posted a blog. There are reasons for that, which I will get to. Procrastination only accounts for the past couple of months. It’s been an eventful
The Importance of Artists
Part 20 in the Series: The Bezalel Blueprint By Don Enevoldsen “You just had to be there.” Most of us have said these words at one time or another. We wanted to describe an experience or something we saw, but
Part of a Community
Part 19 in the Series: The Bezalel Blueprint By Don Enevoldsen Perhaps is was because I spent so many years in a Prosperity church, but I think other pastors have made use of the Bezalel story as well. Over the
Willing to Work
Part 18 in the Series: The Bezalel Blueprint By Don Enevoldsen Moses began the Tabernacle program with an announcement to the people, describing what God had said to him, identifying Bezalel as the artist designated to manage the project and