From the parade on Palm Sunday to the journey to the cross on Friday, to this new morning on the first day of the week: Following Jesus leads us on…
The excitement and the love shown to Jesus on Palm Sunday is over. Religious enthusiasm is never a great indicator of spiritual revival and after Palm Sunday comes Good Friday.…
The Palm Sunday narrative is all about the Christ who comes and bring healing, restoration, and wholeness to the universe. Jesus didn’t come to just save lost human souls, he…
Our reading today concludes the first half of Revelation, and in a way, it is the conclusion of everything. With the sounding of the seventh trumpet in Revelation 11:15-19, the…
Revelation 8 begins with some unfinished business from the last time: the opening of the seventh seal. Last week we read about the opening of the first six seals of…
A committed atheist is sometimes more tolerable than a sentimental Christian. Someone who outright rejects the existence of God can have more intellectual integrity than the person who is all…
The book of Revelation begins as a letter from the apostle John to seven churches in the province of Asia. After the opening vision in Chapter 1, the seven churches…
The key to understanding the book of Revelation is to know that it is all about Jesus Christ. If we lose focus on the Risen and Victorious Christ, we will…
The last book of the Bible, and the last written words by a human being which are now accepted as part of the Holy Word of God, is called simply,…
Today we hear God’s Word of Blessing from Psalm 67. What is a blessing? It is something good. Family, friends, a good job, financial security and the like can all…