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Category Archives: Bible
Apocalypse continues
The Eye of the Storm The big ideas in Revelation 1. Jesus is the first and last. 2. You can find Christ in the churches. 3. There is calm, beautiful harmony in heaven’s worship. 4. Increasing judgment calls for decision. … Continue reading
Who can stand?
Left: Stag at Sharky’s, George Bellows, 1909 In our discussion of the book of Revelation last Tuesday, this verse jumped out at me: “for the great day of [God's] wrath has come, who can stand before it?” (Rev. 6.17) … Continue reading
Reading Revelation & Les Mis
My day is divided now between prepping for Revelation and reading Les Miserables. For recreation, I’ve found about sixty of the old B&W Perry Mason in the CBS video collection, for free. So I go from the sublime to the … Continue reading
Hometown: heaven
Our Tuesday night Bible study took off. We are reading Revelation, especially finding the big ideas which are clear and many people agree about. The overarching structure of Revelation is plain as day: Jesus Christ, the first and the last, … Continue reading
Lent is for “lencten”—lengthen what?
As, from outside, I endure the extreme misery of my friends, sometimes it gets too much. This week it did. I turned to Victor Hugo’s mythic novel Les Miserables, which I’ve never read, I don’t know, maybe as a way … Continue reading
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Tagged Isaiah, Lent, Les Miserables, Revelation
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When someone you love suicides
What does the Bible say about people who suicide? No passage makes a plain statement, so we have to infer from other passages. Is suicide the unforgivable sin? NO! Jesus states very clearly: 31 Therefore I tell you, people will be … Continue reading
Making Sense of Prophecy
I’m not into prophecy, much. But my friends are interested in it because of the Left Behind series. You can get into bitter arguments over prophecy. Or, people may write you off as a Bible thumper. Many thoughtful people shy … Continue reading
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Cracking the Code of Revelation
People are suffering today. You try to live like a CEO in Manhattan on 500K! A recent NY Times article estimated the life costs $1.6M or more. In the real world, the rest of us feel lucky to live, period. So what … Continue reading
Jet Ride through the Apocalypse
I prepared this outline for my stalwart Bible study cohorts. We’re diving in this spring. A. Meet the Author: Jesus Christ 1. Introduction 1.1-8 2. A Vision of Jesus 1.9-20 B. Letters to the Seven Churches 2.1-3.22 The churches … Continue reading
Apocalypse Reveals and Conceals
Apocalyptic literature ”The revelation of Jesus Christ” (Rev. 1.1) Its biggest concern is Christ, not secrets of the future. Jesus said, “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only … Continue reading