Nov 12, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible, Theology
Imagine You’re Walking Imagine you’re walking with an enormous group of people. You’re all being drawn in the same direction. Off to the side you see lightning and a massive, shining radiance. You hear thunder, and you hear music that’s unlike any sound you’ve...
Oct 21, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible, Theology
God is at work in the world through his people, and he wants to transform all of creation. We are part of his plan of restoration, but sometimes we lose sight of that fact. It seems that the church in Ephesus also lost sight of that fact. The book of Revelation tells...
Aug 14, 2013 | The Bible, Theology
If you hope to appreciate any of the theology of the New Testament, you have to understand the following: the writers of the New Testament believed they were living in the great epochal moments of human history. To put it more precisely, they believed they lived in...
Mar 11, 2013 | Christian Living, Church History, The Bible
Did you know that a Bible verse once helped save the British army? Up until the 20th century, nearly the entire English speaking world used the King James translation of the Bible. We all shared a common text. People were also more Biblically literate than most are...
Mar 6, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did well for themselves in exile. They were given high ranking bureaucratic positions, and a group of native Babylonian administrators became jealous. But these native Babylonians, also called Chaldeans, soon saw an opportunity to...