The One who John sees seated on the throne in Heaven is so magnificent that he is left astonished, shocked at the glory of the spectacle: And the one who sat there had the appearance...

  All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and...

I want to be “on” every moment.  If I drink the right amount of coffee, with the right amount of sugar, after the perfect amount of sleep — I can approach that.  There are just...

John 6:16–21 NIV When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet come to...

    When the Lord looks at us with “eyes like blazing fire” it seems that kind of penetrating gaze might hurt terribly.  It might blind us forever.  We might lower our heads, drop to...

I can hear the sound of sandals sliding over sand and grit — intent on delivering a dangerous message to Smyrna. These days, we may have it delivered silently to our email inbox.  Others may...

Paul speaking to the church in Ephesus: This is a church in utter persecution from every side.  John is delivering a message of hope and comfort to stay the course…but there’s a twist: “You have...

Apocalypse!  I think of erupting volcanoes. Plagues and pestilence. Starving people lining the streets. Armies on the march. Darkness across the land. And deception — a house of mirrors from which I cannot discern what...

Our Lord Jesus came from a line of people who seemed to make choices in an unusual way.  They had a knack for taking life that was barren and falling apart, reshaping the old broken...

The Apostles had just seen their Rabbi executed in the most horrific way.  They lost their North Star, the entire point of their existence for the last three years.  The sorrow, the disappointment must have...

If you’ve got two kids (or more), you work extra hard to make sure everything is *exactly equal*.  If one gets more spaghetti, more Christmas presents, or more money from the tooth fairy … it’s...

It’s impressive how long an ego can outlast an empty stomach.  I had been an eighth grader with a job and a plan. Everything thrilling was happening somewhere else, so I was going to brave...