Revelation’s Message in Context and for Today: #2 The History of Interpretation
Today I am offering a very brief snapshot of the history of interpreting Revelation, made all the more limited because I’m focusing on the outcomes that have impacted evangelicals. I’m generally going...
View ArticleRevelation’s Message in Context and for Today: 3. How to Read Revelation as...
Can you imagine what would happen if your pastor began his sermon on God’s covenant with Abraham by comparing a modern business contract? We’d learn hardly anything of value about the ancient story...
View ArticleRevelation’s Message in Context and for Today: The End of the End as We Know It
Yesterday I suggested that the book of Revelation is a Christian version of Jewish apocalyptic literature. This kind of literature is written during times of persecution as a means of encouraging the...
View ArticleRevelation’s Message in Context and for Today: What It Says to Us
The book of Revelation came together in a specific period of time with political leaders, literature, and previous history that would have all been familiar to the original author and his audience....
View ArticleWhy God is Distant Sometimes: Part 2-Making Things Worse
Distance from God because of sin is bad enough without making up more sins, guilt, and despair on our own. Sin certainly creates a distance between us and God, but we don’t necessarily need sin to do...
View ArticleThe Good News of Revelation: Why the End Times Shouldn’t Scare Us
I don’t know if you’ve ever written something that was completely misunderstood or taken out of context. It’s a strange feeling. Some guy reviewed my book Coffeehouse Theology after reading only part...
View ArticleWhy Obamacare Isn’t Paving the Way for the Antichrist
This is one of those blog posts that really shouldn’t have to be written. There is yet another book about the book of Revelation that has risen from the sea (so to speak). It is full of speculation...
View ArticleIt’s Never a Good Idea to Turn the Bible Into a Low Budget Horror Movie
The Bible is one of those books that needs a lot of cleaning up and editing before its ready for young readers. There are some pretty disturbing and violent parts in the Bible. It’s at best an...
View Article5 Reasons American Christians Love to Get the Book of Revelation Wrong-A...
Zack Hunt is one of those bloggers who often says what I wish I could say. His American Jesus blog mixes theology and commentary with his sharp whit and radar for the absurd in American Christianity. I...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Cancel the Rapture: My Guest Post for Zach Hoag
I’m guest posting for Zach Hoag, my church planting friend in the greatest state of them all… Vermont. He’s helping me spread the good news about Revelation. I know that Nicholas Cage is “starring” in...
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