There Will Come Here
How many of us have grown up believing that our greatest hope is to one day leave this world to be joined with God in heaven forever?
This is (or has been) the standard summary of the Christian narrative for a lot of us, but it actually gets the Bible’s overarching story almost completely backward.
Two Tips for Reading the Book of Revelation
In all of my reading of articles and books and listening to different lectures on Revelation there stands out, at least two—let’s call them guides—toward a better reading and understanding of that most ominous book of the Bible.
A Moment on the Scriptures: "Don't be afraid..."
He figured he was dead when the risen Jesus appeared before him.
A Moment on the Scriptures: The Kingdom of Our Lord
According to the Bible, what’s the promise given to those who bow the knee to Jesus with regard to the world we now live?
Exegetical Meditations (28)
Have you ever gotten into conversation with someone over what it will be like when Jesus comes back?
The conversation can be wild. Fun, no doubt, but it can get wild, because of the massive amount of interpretation going on with just a few verses. The question, I think, we ought to be asking ourselves before, during, and after those conversations is something like, “How can I think and talk responsibly about something in the Bible when there’s so much disagreement?”