There’s an old story about an art contest in which competitors were challenged to paint a picture of peace. Most of the paintings were beautiful, idyllic: sunsets, a gentle snowfall, a field of flowers, smiling children. But the winning entry showed a bird against a cliff above a raging ocean. She was nestled in aContinue reading “YOUR ENEMY IS ‘INFINITELY SMALL.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:8.”
Category Archives: End Times/Eschatology/Rapture/Second Coming
WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN TIME RUNS OUT? 2 Peter 3:8.
Season 5 of THE CROWN documents the day in 1992 when a thousand-year-old castle caught fire. That’s right, Windsor Palace was built 1,000 years ago by Norman the Conqueror—300 years before Chaucer, 500 years before Shakespeare! The blaze roared through the building for 15 hours, destroying priceless pieces of art and furniture. Five years later,Continue reading “WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN TIME RUNS OUT? 2 Peter 3:8.”
When Jesus Talks About the End Times, He Talks About Stewardship. Matthew 24:3-8.
During the final days of Jesus’s ministry, His disciples approached Him alone. They had questions about the future. (Don’t we all?) They said: “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3. Do you remember His response? Jesus did notContinue reading “When Jesus Talks About the End Times, He Talks About Stewardship. Matthew 24:3-8.”
Enraptured by the Rapture. Luke 18:31-34.
As Jesus led the disciples to Jerusalem, He warned them about His coming crucifixion. He told them—in plain terms—what would happen. His words were not poetic or artful in any way. He was not speaking in parables. He spoke the literal truth in the simplest terms—and they completely missed it. He told them what wasContinue reading “Enraptured by the Rapture. Luke 18:31-34.”
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES ARE NOT VERY SPECIFIC. Luke 17:26-36.
The Pulitzer-winning novel GONE WITH THE WIND opens with the Tarleton twins courting Scarlett O’Hara. It is April of 1861, and the 19-year-old brothers have been expelled from the University of Georgia. “It don’t matter much. We’d have had to come home before the term was out anyway.” “Why?” “The war! The war’s going toContinue reading “THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES ARE NOT VERY SPECIFIC. Luke 17:26-36.”
SIGN OF THE TIMES. Matthew 24:6
American Evangelicals are steeped in conversations about the End Times. Ever since Hal Lindsay published THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH in 1970, Christians have been reading, writing, preaching, and making movies about the end of the world. There are so many films about it, my pal Robb Brunson was even in one–he has his ownContinue reading “SIGN OF THE TIMES. Matthew 24:6”
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