Preach the Word!

Although some of the pictures (signs) in Revelation 12 are strange, the main idea is clear: God wins; the devil loses. Every attack made by the devil on the people God has chosen to protect, fails. The devil is a loser. How comforting it is to know that the God we worship is the God who holds us fact and protects us from the enemy!

Revelation 12, “The Devil is a Loser”

One of my guilty pleasures involves enjoying movies from the Rocky franchise. My bride (who does not enjoy them nearly as much as I do) often indulges me whenever we come across them on TV. There is something about them that just appeals to me: the training montages – Rocky being ever the underdog...

In the latter chapters of Daniel, the Bible provides several versions of prophetic ‘roadmaps’ helping us see the big picture of what God has in store for this world. Different kingdoms would rise and fall, and it would look worse before it got better. But when God’s kingdom came, it would be good…and it would never go away.

Daniel 7, “Roadmap to the Kingdom”

As much as I love the modern marvel of GPS (especially when driving through large cities!), I miss the old maps. When planning a road trip, we would lay out a large map and figure out which highways led to the destination. Those maps were difficult to work with when it came to smaller spaces, but when it came...

Revelation 11:14-19, “Thanking the God of Wrath”

It isn’t any secret that some topics and passages in the Bible are easier to preach than others. How wonderful to teach the simplicity and astounding depth of John 3:16, that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everl...