Revelation 17.1-8 Today is Sunday and I am bummed out that I had to “cut” the whore of Babylon out of my sermon. There just wasn’t time to get into…

Revelation 16.10-21 I’m relieved that the pronouncements of judgment are almost over. At this point, I’m exhausted by the scope of evil, to say nothing of God’s plan for getting…

Revelation 16.1-9 Lex Talionis is a fancy way of saying ‘an eye for an eye’, or ‘what goes around comes around.’ There’s loads of that here in 16.1-9. For example,…

Revelation 15.1-8 It has often been said that The Revelation was meant to be heard and not read. Obviously someone was going to have to read it to each congregation,…

Revelation 14.14-20 I find this passage one of the most confusing in the entire book. The harvest language, though initially a little gruesome, actually makes more sense once you realize…

Revelation 14.6-13 Earlier, in his address to the seven churches, John makes it clear that it’s possible to be a Christian and still serve the beast. Jezebel, the Nicolatians, and…

We’ve discussed the hermeneutical and theological issues found in the Left Behind novel series. Today, I’d like to briefly address the political issues found in the novels.  Michael J. Gorman…