Recommended Reading: Revelation For Everyone
N.T. Wright is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading biblical scholars. Revelation for Everyone is the last in his series of guides to the books of the New…
But Wait. There’s More.
Revelation 2.12-17 Can we please acknowledge right away that the promises made to Pergamum are the coolest of all the seven churches? Heavenly manna? A white stone with a secret…
Home-wrecking Atheists?
Revelation 2.8-11 This church has done nothing wrong. Besides the church in Philadelphia, Smyrna is the only church not to get their comeuppance from Christ. That’s saying something. Perhaps more…
The Old Manhattan
Revelation 2.1-7 You can’t help but compare Ephesus to Manhattan—cultural center, sporting hub, beautiful architecture, crowded markets (in both senses of the word)…it was the most cosmopolitan city in Rome,…
Mind – Consider Thyself Blown
Revelation 1.9-20 Three things blow me away about these few verses. First, that John was “on Patmos” but still “in the Spirit,” a solid reminder that our present circumstances—however dire—ought…
Prophecy | Apocalypse | Letter
Revelation 1.1-8 The Revelation was a prophecy, an apocalypse, and a letter. We have no idea what these things mean. Rather, I should say, what we typically think they mean is not…
Gathering Up Praises
The story of the Bible, according to biblical scholar N.T. Wright, is the plotline in which “obedient humans following the Obedient Human act as stewards over creation, bringing new creation…
The Telos Is Glory
The Christian life is fundamentally shaped by the future. It’s a forward-looking faith, even while simultaneously being an historical faith, looking back to the time of the apostles and prophets….
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