Revelation 8: The 7th Seal, Silence, then the Sound of the First 4 Trumpets (Part 8)
We now come to Revelation 8, and the opening of the 7th seal. It is at this point that I want to briefly stop and reiterate a point that I have alluded to befor...
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Revelation 7: The 144,000, the Great Multitude, and the Great Tribulation…Get Ready to be Surprised! (Part 7)
At the end of chapter 6, the kings of the earth ask, “Who will be able to stand?” As soon as chapter 7 opens, we start to find out: four angels are standing, th...
Book Review: Norman Wirzba’s “The Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity”
Wirzba, Norman. Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity New York: HarperOne, 2016. (238 pages + notes & index) Norman Wirzba’s most recent book, T...
Revelation 6: The Opening of the Six Seals–the Four Horsemen, the Altar of Souls, and the Day of YHWH (Part 6)
We now come to the part of Revelation where people often get scared. The reason they get scared is because there is very vivid and strange imagery, and they don...
Now For Something Completely Different: MY BOOK ON MY LIFE IN TEACHING! “Getting Schooled”!
I want to take the time to shamelessly promote my self-published book entitled, Getting Schooled: The Lessons, Plans, and Life of a Teacher. It is a collection ...
Revelation 4-5: God’s Throne Room, the Lamb, and the Scroll (Part 5)
The Apocalyptic Symphony Starts With the beginning of chapter 4, we have the “first movement” of the symphony of Revelation—this is where the main concert begin...
Revelation 2-3: The Letters to the Seven Churches (Part 4)
If you liken the entire book of Revelation to a symphony, and if chapter 1 is considered the program to the symphony, chapters 2-3 can be considered the opening...
Revelation 1:9-20: John’s Vision of Christ (and a brief discussion on the tribulation and the rapture to boot!) (Part 3)
Alright, so after John’s introduction in 1:1-8, one thing is clear: God rules, and Christ is king—so don’t despair, even though you might be suffering persecuti...
Revelation 1:1-8–John’s Introduction…(if you skip over it, you’re missing A LOT!) (Part 2)
As I begin to go through Revelation, I think it would be smart to first address the pink elephant in the room: the book of Revelation is not a prediction of a f...
The Book of Revelation: It’s Finally Here–Something that Will Help You Understand It! (Part 1)
Whenever I taught the book of Revelation to my high school students, one of the first things I did was this. I’d take any object, put it on the table in the fro...