If God wanted people to believe in him, it seems like it would be wise on his part to show himself to everyone. But everyone agrees that knowledge of God, if he exists, hasn’t happened in that sort of way. But while God doesn’t typically appear to people in visions or...
This week we'll continue our look at the seven churches from first century Asia Minor (present day Turkey) described in Revelation 3. These churches are much like our own churches – struggling against the temptation to accommodate herself to the pagan...
The four churches from first century Asia Minor (present day Turkey) described in Revelation 2 are much like our churches – struggling against the temptation to accommodate herself to the pagan culture in which she sits by engaging in the immorality of that...
When the Bible says that no one is good, it’s comparing fallen humans to the greatness, power, and moral purity of God. This doesn’t mean that there is no such thing as a good human – when we compare ourselves to other humans it’s hard to escape that some of us...
Much of Revelation is composed in the ancient genre, apocalyptic. Often mistaken as a dystopian description of the future collapse of the universe, apocalyptic is instead a literary tool ancient Jewish writers used to pull back the curtain on every day political,...
