Before we get into Revelation 15-16, I want to emphasize something about the two beasts from Revelation 13 that I should have earlier. Over the past 100 years or so, particularly within Evangelical-Dispensationalist circles, there has been somewhat of an obsession of trying to figure out who the beast is. This obsession is based on…
Back in Revelation 6, with the breaking of the fifth seal, we were introduced to the martyred saints under the Altar of Souls. They were told to wait until the full number are killed. Then in Revelation 7, we saw the full number of saints who made it through the great tribulation—the 144,000/Great Multitude. They…
At the end of Revelation 12, after we are told that the dragon went off to make war against the rest of the woman’s offspring, the chapter ends with the dragon standing on the shore of the sea. No, it is not the Mediterranean Sea. It is none other than the Sea of Chaos—the mythical…
I best some of you were wondering when I would get around to tackling the second half of Revelation. Well, here it is. Revelation 12 marks the beginning of another major section of Revelation. When one compares it to chapters 4-11, one should notice a number of things. First, the basic unfolding of events falls into…
Given my research and writing these past few years on the young creationist movement, and the upcoming release of my self-published book, The Heresy of Ham, I thought it would be interesting to share my very first impressions of Ken Ham, when I first was even made aware of him back in 2010. What follows is…
To get ready for the opening of Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter, as well as my self-published book, The Heresy of Ham, I thought I’d provide a post in which I list all the posts I’ve written on Ken Ham over the past year, so that it might be easier to find them. Enjoy…use this as a reference…share…
A Tale From My Teaching Years Back in 1997, during my first year of teaching, I taught British Literature. One of the first units I covered was the Anglo-Saxon period, and the epic of Beowulf. Now, Beowulf followed the mythological “hero cycle” that most hero stories follow—be it Beowulf, Superman, Luke Skywalker, Bilbo Baggins…you name…
Yesterday I began to share a recent post by Answers in Genesis, entitled, “Top 10 Myths About Creation.” Yesterday was myths 10-6. Today we have myths 5-1. Enjoy… Myth #5: Creationists are Anti-Science: Of course that’s not true, the writer states. But that’s evolutionists for you: they just vilify creationists and try to make it sound…
A few days ago, I came across a tweet by Answers in Genesis that was for an article that could be found on their website. The article was entitled, “Top 10 Myths About Creation.” I clicked on the link and read the article, and was rather perplexed. As with most articles with AiG, a first…
Let me admit it up front, the title to this post is a little misleading. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 AD) was an early Church Father and, along with Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus, was one of the three Cappadocian Fathers—these three men helped formulate the official doctrine of the Trinity. So, to quote…