The first book of the Bible, Genesis, contains occasional prophetic statements scattered like seeds throughout its chapters. Revelation, the Bible’s last book, reveals the great…

My mind goes blank when someone asks if I have a favorite verse, even when the question is more specific, as in “Write a five-hundred…

“Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come,…

By age thirteen, I had learned about the world’s empires and kingdoms, past and present. And I had lived through one called the Third Reich,…

We humans have an affinity with beasts. Little wonder, considering we both were made from the ground on the sixth day.

Sam: I believe the saints will be raptured away before the terrifying rule of Antichrist. Watch out for falling airplanes!

Ours is a time of fascination with sexuality and its myriad deviations. The “sexual revolution,” traced to the 1960s in the US, is entering its…

As used here, radical is the opposite of nominal, so-called, in name only, lukewarm, and ordinary. Each of these short pieces illustrates the complete commitment…

In college, my first year English professor, Mrs. Wagner, began each class period with an inspiring saying on the board. One of these I often…

What in the world is the church for, or the church in the world for? Is it mostly for gathering every Sabbath day? If so,…