The eschatology of the apocalyptic gospel tells us that there is a two-age framework to history with The Day of the Lord coming to divide those ages. But the heart of the apocalyptic gospel tells us God's reason for doing what He has said...
Overhead a narrative is being told—the apocalyptic gospel— of what is, what has been, and what is yet to be. It tells us that no matter how it looks, He has not left us. No matter how deep the night, darkness will not prevail. No matter...
To divide history into two ages is a very strange thing. You don’t open any history book and find two ages. There are many ways to divide history, but "to divide it into two ages takes a radical commitment to a singular point of view."...
The Bible brings us a message that has been streaming to us for thousands of years. Its ancient Semitic beginnings have produced a literature, whose meaning is not readily grasped by the modern Western mind. Even those who believe the Bible is the word of...
Years ago as I was reading Ephesians, time stood still for a moment, and I was suddenly standing in a time tunnel that ended in a prison cell where Paul was writing the words I was reading. When he got to verse...
For weeks now, since the beginning of this year, I keep seeing a path opening a way through the sea. I know God is giving me a picture symbolizing what He is doing, as He moves forward with His plan. But if God wants us to...
No one can look into the unseen to see a rogue wave coming. God alone knows what is headed toward us. A rogue wave rises suddenly and massively, without warning, slamming you with the destructive power of Hell. But God will ride it...
The shakings and storms are not the story right now, but rather, what God is working out. He is taking us into uncharted territory. He is still a powerful deliverer, the God of angel armies who destroys or can save a nation in a day. ...
Simon Peter said to him: ‘Lord, where are you going?’ ‘Where I am going’, Jesus answered, ‘you cannot now follow; but afterwards you will follow.’ Peter said to him: ‘Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’...
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?...