The Early Church Fathers Series: Polycarp of Smyrna (Part 3)
In this third installment of my blog post series on the early Church Fathers, I am going to look at Polycarp of Smyrna. Along with Clement of Rome and Ignatius ...
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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...