1 Corinthians 1:18 18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,  And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is […]

John Swigert, Jr. and James Lovell who, with Fred Haise Jr., made up the crew of the US’s Apollo 13 moon flight, reported a problem back to their base in Houston on 14th April, 1970. ‘Houston, Swigert: ‘Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.’ Houston: ‘This is Houston. Say again please.’ Lovell: ‘Houston, we’ve had […]

Because of the Fall. Christianity spoke again and said: “I have always maintained that men were naturally backsliders; that human virtue tended of its own nature to rust or to rot; I have always said that human beings as such go wrong, especially happy human beings, especially proud and prosperous human beings. This eternal revolution, […]

The heart of this chapter is the beatific vision: God, so spectacularly, transcendentally glorious that we will never exhaust his spectacular glory. Our words fail us. Our vision is too small. We cannot see clearly, but we see Christ and the Christ who died on the cross, the roaring lion and the slaughtered lamb is […]

At one level, much of the language already used up to this point has been steeped in symbolism, New Jerusalem, and so forth, but now, the interpreting angel in the vision goes to great lengths to make John reflect on particular elements of the symbolism, and the language is extremely symbol-laden. In verses 9–10, for […]

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And […]

21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And […]

How will we as mortals, constrained as we are by both limited knowledge, and sin in a universe still under the curse, find words to describe the glories yet to come? How would we describe electricity to someone who had lived in jungle all their life and had never heard of electricity? Some might say […]

Revelation 20:4-15 Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him […]

Due to technical difficulties there is no audio for the weeks sermon.     Revelation 20:1“And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil, or Satan, and bound […]