What is Your Most Encouraging Verse in the Bible?
What has been the most encouraging verse in the Bible to you? Here are some of my favorites: 1 Peter 1:3-4 – “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us […]
Big Bird Might Just Be the AntiChrist
In light of the last post critiquing the ridiculous video about how Barack Obama is supposedly the antichrist, I thought I would construct a case for Big Bird being the antichrist. I have never heard bigbird confess Jesus as Lord. That is the first telling sign that big bird might just be the antichrist (2 […]
God’s Desire to Dwell With Us
One concept that runs through scripture from Genesis to Revelation is God dwelling or being present with his people. We see God being present with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Gen 3:8-9). We see it in Moses’ days when the presence of God was represented in the tabernacle, specifically the ark. Once […]
Thirsting for God & Restless Life Syndrome
I have heard a lot of people talk about hungering for God. There are examples in scripture where we are told we need to hunger for God and for righteousness (Matthew 5:6, John 6:25ff). Thirsting for God is used in scripture more often than hungering for him. The reason for that may be that thirst […]
N.T. Wright on Emotionalism
From his chapter on A World Reborn: Revelation in Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship: We have allowed our proper dislike of emotionalism to deceive us into trying to ignore our emotions. But if Good Friday and Easter don’t stir our emotions, then the tyrant has indeed enslaved us. We have become like a garden […]
What Does Paul refer to as “Scripture” in 2 Timothy 3:14-17
I recently received this email from a friend of mine, Matt, I have a question about 2 Timothy 3:14-17, which reads: “14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the […]
Revelation 5 – The Scroll and the Lamb
To see the previous posts in this series (Chapters 1-4) see here. For the text of Revelation 5 click here. In Revelation 4, John was taken up into the heavenly throne room where he saw God and the four living creatures (angels) who were giving praise to God. John saw the 24 elders who gave […]
Revelation 4 – The Heavenly Throne Room
Following the seven letters begins a section that is primarily set in heaven. John is taken by the Spirit to the heavenly court of God. John sees someone on the throne and begins to describe what he sees in language loaded with covenantal significance: 4:3 – rainbow (sign of the covenant with Noah) 4:5 – […]
Revelation 3 – 7 Churches, 7 Letters
Revelation chapter 3 continues the 7 letters with letters to Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. For the text of Revelation 3 click here. The Church in Sardis: This city of Asia Minor, once the capital of Lydia, had its historical shares of ups and downs. The church in Sardis had its share of ups and downs […]
Revelation 2 – 7 Churches, 7 Letters (Part 1)
For the text of Revelation 2, click here. One of the most discussed sections of revelation is the section of letters to the churches. One of the reasons for this is because they are far more straight forward than the rest of Revelation and involve far less symbolism. Each letter has a similar structure: Each […]