The scroll arrived at seven churches with a message that was both strange and familiar. A messenger — probably a trusted believer, someone who knew...
In the first century, the cities of Roman Asia were saturated with imperial presence. Temples to the emperor lined the public squares. Civic festivals, trade...
The Beginning and the End There is a way of reading the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation together — in conversation with...
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it,...
You know the feeling. You are sitting at a family dinner and someone brings up a topic that makes your stomach drop. You quietly nod...
Picture a revolutionary manifesto. The kind meant to tear down the most powerful empire on earth. Now picture that same manifesto written in the dominant...
You probably remember the Magic Eye posters. They were everywhere in the mid-nineties — malls, dentist offices, the back wall of every bookstore that wanted...
A fisherman named John was mending nets by the Sea of Galilee when a carpenter from Nazareth walked up and said two words: “Follow me.”...
