Podcast: Apocalypse part 9 – And They Were Victorious
This is the ninth sermon in our series on Revelation, which is called, “Apocalypse: John’s Visions, Our Decisions.” This sermon was on 7:9-17, and it was part of our celebration of All Saint’s Day. In Revelation 7 John records a vision of the victorious saints that is meant to give us hope as well as to inspire us to life lives that are courageously faithful. Subscribe to th

Revelation Bible Study Session 9
This week we covered Revelation 17 and 18. These may be two of the most challenging chapters in Revelation for me personally, as a Christian living in North America, and this teaching reflects that.   What we have is a picture of Babylon, painted in words by John of Patmos, and the picture should be one that challenges us to define our ultimate allegiance. Here is a sheet that I handed o

Some Halloween Links and Pictures
We were up late carving Jack-O-Lanterns on Friday night. Anne did the one on the left, and I did the other two.  We have fun with it.  Usually we watch a Halloween movie while carving and this year it was “Monster House,” which is a favorite of ours.  It’s an animated movie and if you haven’t checked it out you really need to. Last year I wrote a series of posts that had some thoughts about Christians and

Podcast: Apocalypse part 8 – A Nice Day for a White Wedding
This is the eighth sermon in our series on Revelation, which is called, “Apocalypse: John’s Visions, Our Decisions.” This sermon was on 19:6-9, and it was a part of a combined worship service that followed a wedding theme.  During this worship time we focused on the wedding of the Lamb and the church, and part of our worship time involved welcoming in 2 new members.  The main idea found in the sermon is the grace of God found in Jesus Christ.  We don’t deserve t

Revelation Bible Study session 8
This week we covered Revelation 15 and 16. This is the cycle that includes the bowl judgments, so those of you in the class should have filled out your “seals, trumpets, bowls” sheets.  Here is a sheet that I handed out that has much of the information on the plagues – it will be helpful to look over as you listen to the lecture.  The theme that I really hi