It has been said that God is slow, but never late. God’s slowness to fulfill his promise of a just… READ MORE
Submission, peacemaking, generosity, and hospitality all require patience: Patience with a corrupt government to reform, with the violent to act… READ MORE
There are many believers enduring tribulation all around the world right now. Enduring tribulation raises the question, how shall we… READ MORE
In Revelation 6.1–8.5, John turns our attention from heaven to earth, from the Lamb to the seven seals that he… READ MORE
John wept because no one was able “to open the scroll and break its seals.” Then one of heaven’s twenty-four… READ MORE
So far, what John has seen and heard has prepared him to expect great things. He has seen the throne… READ MORE
In Greek, the word for gospel is euangelion, meaning good news. It is an announcement of victory in battle. Although… READ MORE
John’s response to the double-sided, seven-sealed scroll is curious. We might have expected him to dance with joy at the… READ MORE
As in the previous chapter of Revelation, so here, the setting is the throne room of heaven. But whereas that… READ MORE
The four living creatures, whose body-covering eyes are fixed constantly upon God, praise him for who he is. The twenty-four… READ MORE
“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given us.”
~Gandalf
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