From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God (Revelation 4:5, ESV). Around the 4th of July, I often hear the phrase “Red, White, and Boom!” What began as a modest park celebration in 1981 on the […]
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We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles (1 Corinthians 1:23, ESV). I want to introduce three non-Biblical and non-Christian friends from the first century — Josephus, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger! These three men are Reason #8 for the Reliability of the New Testament. Why am I interested in
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And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him (Mark 11:22-24, ESV). Recently, I listened to a podcast by a
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How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures geese (Psalm 104:24, OGV [Old Guy Version]). I have a love-hate relationship with geese. I ride my bike in several areas where geese cross the bike path, leaving droppings that I swerve to avoid. Since I ride a
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Note: This Interruption is a follow-up to yesterday’s Interruption #1902: First Calling Then God’s Will. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable (Romans 11:29, ESV). Walking the narrow path of God’s will releases His peace and power into your actions. James writes that we experience unanswered prayer because we ask with wrong motives.
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Once a person begins to follow Jesus, there’s an initial and important question: “What’s God’s will for my life?” We must seek God’s will, as the Apostle John writes, “The world is passing away, along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17, ESV). There’s an easy principle
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Chapter four of Revelation has only 11 verses. And these verses share a perspective totally unique in the Bible. Typically, we think of heaven coming down to us just as Jesus preached at the beginning of His ministry in Matthew 4:17b, “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” But in Revelation chapter 4,
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Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways (Romans 11:33, ESV)! Studying the reliability of Scripture, we quickly discover topics such as inspiration, archaeological evidence, and the copious amount of early New Testament manuscripts compared with other ancient documents. But there
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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you (James 4:8a, ESV). My spiritual desire in 2026 has been to draw nearer to God. Only in His presence do I find peace, purpose, and power. Below are a few notes of my discoveries in my “drawing near” quest this year. One: God will draw
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Barna Research just published an article entitled The Big Questions on Teens’ Minds Today. Avowed readers of Interruptions know that I “GEEK OUT” on Barna reports, and when I receive pertinent results from the Barna organization, I get it to you faster than a quark gulping Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. (Paid subscribers to Interruptions expect
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