Book of Revelation – Page 5 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

The Merciful Judging God: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 8:6-13)

Many people find the final judgment of God hard to square with His love and mercy. I suspect, if they thought about it, they would find the absence of such judgment hard to square with his love and mercy,

Stunned Silence: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 8:1-5)

I remember watching in horror in 2001 as video captured two airliners crashing into the twin towers in New York and as they burned and ultimately crashed down upon themselves. To this day I don’t

A Taste of Heaven: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 7:9-17)

How many sermons have you heard on heaven? I haven’t heard very many. I’ve read a tremendous book about heaven by Randy Alcorn, called, appropriately, Heaven. Revelation 7 gives us a little

Don’t Forget Israel: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 7:1-8)

When we think of the book of Revelation we probably think about the judgments (chs. 6-18), the coming of Christ (ch. 19), and the new heaven and earth (chs. 21,22). We may not think that much about Israel.

Rest a Little Longer: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 6)

Few modern martyrs have changed the world by their deaths more than Jim Elliot, the missionary to Ecuador who was killed by the Auca or Huaorani natives in 1956. He had written in his Bible journal, “He

Worthy: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 5:6-14)

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/ By Randall Johnson

Worthy. Look that up on the internet and one of the first sites you see is a site that wants to help you sell your high end ring. They say, “The authenticity of items is of…importance to us. Every

The Need for Judgment: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 5:1-5)

Have you seen any paintings of the Last Judgment? I’m looking at a site where you can buy wall paintings for…your home? Most of the artists’ representations show naked people in distress (is

A Taste of Heaven: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 4:1-11)

Did Walt Disney think of Disney World and Disney Land as little tastes of heaven? Pastor Greg Laurie thinks so. As Laurie notes, the Bible tells us that God has put eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes

The Wealthy Church: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:14-22)

Many years ago I felt, with others in my congregation, that our church was acting in our own power and mistakenly feeling rich and healthy. But we could see the rot from inside. We began praying that Jesus

The True Megachurch: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:7-13)

This is the era of the megachurch, the large congregation. The largest megachurch in the world is Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea with about 480,000 members as of 2015. And there are many

Proof of Life: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 3:1-6)

I have a friend who took a job as pastor at a small country church. He was excited to be serving the Lord in this way until he realized that this congregation really didn’t want what he taught to

Relationship and Rectitude: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:18-29)

Would you be happy with your child if he didn’t love you or want relationship with you as long as he did the right things? If he did want relationship with you but tolerated all sorts of misbehavior,

Compromise: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:12-17)

A Church of England church in London held a joint birthday celebration for Jesus and Mohammed. The “Milad, Advent and Christmas Celebration” took place on Sunday at All Saints Church in Kingston upon

Faithful Unto Death: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:8-11)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a member of the confessing church in Nazi Germany, and a resister against Hitler and the Nazis. His writings about and resistance to Nazism landed him in jail and the concentration

The Confessing Church: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 2:1-7)

In 1933, the Catholic Church had viewed the Nazis as a barrier to the spread of communism from Russia. In this year, Hitler and the Catholic Church signed an agreement that he would not interfere with

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