DAY 50Renew Your VowsJohn 21:15-22Breakup with Babylon and quit compromised Christianity. From time to time, we need in-your-face confrontations like Revelation that question our commitment. From time...  Read More

DAY 49Get Out!Revelation 18:4-8Let’s review.Babylon is a powerful spiritual force that infects big groups just as much as individuals. Babylon is powerful and seductive. Babylon is arrogant, hostile, ...  Read More

DAY 49Why is Babylon So Bad?Revelation 18:1-3 Why is Babylon so bad?We can summarize Babylon from Revelation with four ingredients. They’re not Babylon on their own but together make a Babylon cocktai...  Read More

DAY 48Why a Wild Woman?Revelation 17:7-18Why does John call Babylon a prostitute?It’s fair to ask if this picture unfairly makes women look like villains. It’s true that the Bible has been used to hur...  Read More

DAY 46The Wild Woman on a DragonRevelation 17:1-6“Don’t be a quitter!” Many of us have heard that message. But we’re also told plenty of times to be a quitter: quit smoking, quit sitting around, quit ...  Read More

DAY 45God’s Just-nessRevelation 15:3-4God’s wrath in Revelation shows us the ugliness of evil and God’s delight for us. The third and final thing it shows us is God’s just-ness. “Just-ness” is a good ...  Read More

DAY 44God’s DelightHosea 11:1-9God’s anger shows God’s delight.In fact, Revelation’s talk about God’s wrath shows us is God’s delight for us. Modern people love to quote “God is love” but squirm to sa...  Read More

DAY 43God’s Wrath1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 Is God angry?The short answer is, “Yes!” But we have to answer this question more carefully. Let’s look closer at what the Bible says.Pastor John talks about Go...  Read More

DAY 42The Ugliness of EvilRevelation 16:1-9“Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”Why does John talk about God’s justice in such ugly ways? Pastor John, inspired author of Revelati...  Read More

DAY 41God’s GuaranteeRevelation 15:1-4 In Genesis 18, Abraham asked God, “Should not the judge of all the earth do what is right?” Abraham wanted to make sure God was treating people fairly. Most of u...  Read More

DAY 40The Heart of Ordinary FaithRevelation 14:1-5How can we hold on to the Way of Jesus in the face of pressure and propaganda?We’ve said that the two beasts of Revelation 13-14 - The Sea Monster and...  Read More

DAY 39Ordinary FaithRevelation 14:9-12 Let’s step back for a minute and summarize. The two beasts - The Sea Monster and the Beast of the Land - symbolize Roman pressure and propaganda. Roman power was...  Read More