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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

Revive Us Again: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:17-20)

Oh, Lord Jesus, would you appear to us, your struggling church, your sometimes faithless followers, your holy yet still sin-ridden people? We are embarrassed at our failure to bring honor to you, blessed

Visions of Jesus: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:12-16)

Can you imagine being suddenly confronted with a vision of the risen Jesus? Does he still do that? Will he really appear to someone today? He certainly can and he has appeared to Paul and others have claimed

Judgment in the House of God: Daily thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:9–11)

Sometimes one of the reasons the world is put off by our talking about judgment from God is that we make ourselves out to be superior to them as those exempt from this judgment when in fact we participate

A Brief Introduction: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:4-5a)

Revelation is just that, a revealing of what must soon take place. God is telling His people something He has been wanting to explain since the very beginning. We know since Genesis 3:15 that God has been

Soon and Near: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 1:1-3)

I have a relative who, when he was young, became terrified at sermons about the end times and was traumatized by them. No doubt sermons on the end times have on many occasions been used to scare people

These Signs: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 16:9-20)

It bothers some that a comparison of the many New Testament manuscripts available show minor variations from one another, and in a couple of cases, some large variations. But in terms of defending the

The Ending of Mark’s Gospel

There are four possible endings to Mark’s Gospel presented to us in the Greek manuscripts. The best evidence is that the original ending of Mark 16 after verse 8 has been lost. We do not know how

Alive Again: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 16:1-8)

The evidence for the resurrection from the dead of Jesus the Nazarene is incredibly strong. And if Jesus rose from the dead then everything his disciples said about him and everything he said about himself

Abandoned: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:33-41)

A young friend of mine was abandoned by her grandmother on the streets of Addis Ababa when she was just a young girl. Her parents had died and her grandmother could no longer afford to take care of her.

Mocked: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:16-32)

The word “mock” can mean to speak derisively of someone, to mimic someone or thing, or to deride someone by mimicking them. It is a hateful and despicable way to treat someone and reveals the

Whose Fault?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 15:1-15)

Whose fault was it that Jesus was killed? This question has become rather a bugaboo. It has fueled persecution of Jews. Even asking the question has been viewed as a revelation of prejudice. The account

Are You the Christ?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:53-65)

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/ By Randall Johnson

It is startling to think that Jesus came into our world for the express purpose of ending up dead, a death that would be deemed a sacrifice to take the place of our having to die for our own sins. Why

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