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The Christian View of Revelation

When a CEO wants to communicate with someone, he has different ways of doing so. One CEO dictates a letter to his secretary, who prints it out for his signature. A second CEO tells his secretary to write a letter to Smith and say these three things.  She writes the letter and presents it to her CEO, who then tweaks it and signs it. A third CEO says, “I’m going to go see Smith myself,” and he pays Smith a visit and talks face to face.  I use the examples of CEOs communicating because they illustrate some differences among different…

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Who You Are and What You Do

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s sed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God (I John 3:9) Squirrels run through trees and eat nuts.  Eagles soar in the sky and hunt squirrels.  Otters play in rivers, and lions lie in grasslands.  Bats sleep during the day and fly at night, while spiders build webs and wait.  Squirrels do not act like eagles, and bats do not act like spiders.  Creatures behave in accord with what they are.  Their DNA affects how they live.  The spiritual…

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Questions for My Soul

Why do you think, O soul, that God must give you what you want?  Does the Almighty owe you?  Is He your slave that He should do your bidding?  Must the only Sovereign bow to the will of His servant?  Who is the King of kings and who is a mere man?  Who is exalted and who lives in the dust?  Does He who formed the stars answer to clay?  Or He who gives life bow to flesh? Should you, O soul, live in the fear of God, or should He live in the fear of you?  Do you govern…

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Eyes to See

We are more sinful than we think.  We deserve far worse than we think.  The Cross is God’s infinite mercy, but too often we don’t believe we need mercy. Until God opens the eyes of your heart to see the depths of your sin, the Cross will make no sense.  You need to see the justice of hell in order to fully see the mercy of God. We deserve eternal punishment but believe God owes us earthly happiness.  Our blindness in this respect drives our dissatisfaction.  We complain that we don’t have as if we somehow deserve to have.  The…

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The Biggest Sin

Lawrence (not his real name) showed up for class one morning.  We were more than a week into the fall semester, and I had never seen him before, though I knew his name from the class roster.  I asked to speak with him after class. “We’ve missed you?” I said.  “Have you been sick?’ No, he had not been sick.  He had simply been skipping.  Didn’t feel like coming. “Well, then.  Here are the assignments you have missed.” He promptly told me he would not do them and that he would not be coming to class.  School was not important….

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