Category: Revelation
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Unbecoming
I watched the first season of Becoming Elizabeth on Starz. Well done, although the cruelty that is presented (necessary to the story as it conveys the events and the times) appeals less and less to me as I age. Maybe I’ve grown as a disciple of Jesus; maybe I’m just more sensitive to pain and […]
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Peak Experiences
Decades ago I read the memoir of Sir Edmund Hillary. He described an interlude in his adventuring during which he went home to New Zealand. What chased him back to adventure was waking up one morning “hungover” – not just from alcohol but from rich food and assorted “good things of life.” A friend and […]
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Still Standing
Studying Revelation 5 with some pals at breakfast, I tried to illustrate my strongest impression of the chapter with some handy tabletop items. I think you had to be there… in this post I’ll try to recreate it. You’ll get none of the spontaneity and discussion, but all of the theological mediocrity (but hopefully not […]
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That Dang Supply Chain
Reading through the Revelation (and, in many churches, hearing from it in the current Sunday lessons) conjures up that feeling of high demand and low supply. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” (6:10) There’s a high demand […]
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