Wednesday, December 13, 2023
One of my Christmas traditions is rereading Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. It’s a story about the pursuit of wealth rather than the pursuit of relationships. Scrooge abandoned his opportunity for a relationship with Frannie and potential children in the pursuit of wealth. He poisoned his relationship with his fellow business colleagues and community because… Read more
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Ok, so you thought Revelation Chapter 16 was wild, welcome to Revelation Chapter 17! Church history is littered with attempts to identify the various characters John sees in his vision. No wonder John was flabbergasted enough that the angel realized John needed someone to explain what his vision meant! Is “Babylon the Great” in Revelation… Read more
Monday, December 11, 2023
Yikes! Mondays are tough enough without having to read Revelation Chapter 16 on top of it all! The visions in Revelation 16 are terrifying – on one side you have God meting out punishments to a sinful world and on the other side, you have the defiance of humans. It’s a contest of wills. And a… Read more
Friday, December 8, 2023
Congratulations! If you’ve made it with me all week, give yourself a pat on the back. I’m really proud of you because this isn’t easy but you’ve done it. Well done! So now, let’s get to it. There are two ditches when we read Revelation. The first ditch is to read the book literally, forgetting… Read more