Thomas Edison, said, “ I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, […]

We’ve seen that Revelation 12 and 13 together give us a kind of heaven’s-eye view of what the people of God face, it is nothing less than the wrath of Satan himself worked out in historical manifestations of opposition and deception. In chapter 14, we have a division that drives the reader to choice. In […]

Satan doesn’t work alone, he has two helpers. The first is the beast out of the sea, elsewhere known in Scripture as the Antichrist, characterized especially by direct opposition to the people of God, and the second beast is the false prophet. The Antichrist is full of blasphemy 13:1 “And on each head a blasphemous […]

After six years given to the impartial investigation of Christianity as to its truth or falsity, I have come to the deliberate conclusion that Jesus Christ is the Messiah of the Jews, the Savior of the world, and my personal Savior.” These were the words of Lew Wallace, Governor of New Mexico, over a century […]

Matthew 27:27–42 The crucifixion of Christ on the cross, what an irony. Jesus has been in the public eye for two to three years. These were years of public ministry but, the religious and political authorities in Jerusalem resented his popularity, feared his power, and were suspicious of his motives. They thought that the rising […]

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. Imagine a complex well-ordered society such that in every area of life there are […]

Revelation 13:11 In Revelation 12–14, we have discovered that Revelation 12 pictures the Devil as a great dragon. Here is a recap from last week. Satan doesn’t work alone, he has two helpers. The first is the beast out of the sea, elsewhere known in Scripture as the Antichrist, characterized especially by direct opposition to […]

Revelation 13 In Revelation 12–14, we have discovered that Revelation 12 pictures the Devil as a great dragon. This Dragon, which once tried to destroy Christ, is now himself frustrated, because in principle he is a defeated foe. Nevertheless, this does not mean he is hiding, but rather, filled with fury, he is set to […]

Revelation 13:1–10 Chapter 12, introduced the woman and the dragon, and the dragon is clearly identified for us as the Devil. Now in chapter 13, you find first the beast out of the sea and then the beast out of the earth. Remember too where we are in that chapter 12 pictures the dragon, the […]

The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 1945 Bonhoeffer is famous as a Christian martyr. He is one of the few Germans who stood up to Hitler. Actually, he went beyond this and tried to kill Hitler. The reason he did this is because Bonhoeffer took seriously the commandment to have no other gods. Nazism was heavily […]