Jesus says to John on the Isle of Patmos… Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later (Revelation 1:19, NIV). Two primary viewpoints exist on how the Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl Judgments unfold in Revelation 6 to 18. They are either concurrent (happening all at the same time
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The Bible says: Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you (1 Peter 4:11a, NLT). I believe there is a gift of speaking, and I know I have it. Everyone can and should speak—communication is the source of life for relationships—but there is a distinct difference
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This Psalm in the Bible describes simplicity… Surely, I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me (Psalm 131:2, NASB). Let me share two recent stories. First, I heard a seminary professor say many of his students were reading John
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The Bible says… “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NKJV). Welcome to Interruption #2,000. If you had told me 10 years ago that I would sit down six days a week and spend one to two hours a day, for six and a half years, writing a
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No, I didn’t say one million dollars—the value of which would be entirely obvious. The title of this blog post is The Value of One Million Words. This is Interruption #1999, and tomorrow is #2,000. Let’s put those numbers into perspective. Over the last six and a half years, I have poured roughly 4,000 hours
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Walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness (Ephesians 4:1-2). A few years back, I had to face a frustrating truth about myself. I realized I was talking too much, getting easily annoyed, and losing my temper over other people’s flaws. It wasn’t a
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Explained Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.— Revelation 20:1-2 (ESV) There is an incredible amount of discussion
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Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers (Ephesians 4:11, NLT). Making Doctrine Simple There is a distinct spiritual gift of teaching. In the original Greek text of the New Testament, this function is called didaskalia — referring to both the act
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well (Psalm 139:14, NIV). On October 6, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth from Stanford University (along with two other researchers from Germany), who learned how to — get this —
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me (Psalm 23:4, NASB1995). Psalm 23 is the most popular chapter in the Bible, and its opening verse, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” is widely considered one
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