I do love a good wedding! One of the perks of being a minister is going to so many weddings. and so many receptions of course! The whole day is always wonderful. The bride more beautiful than ever, the groom looking smart for once, the…
Category: Revelation
1 Corinthians 2:9 “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” We don’t know what heaven is going to be like. But we have had some hints already in the Book of…
The book of Revelation is written in apocalyptic language. It looks ahead to the coming end of days in language which is more often pictorial and symbolic rather than literal. It points to events which are going to happen and at the same time to…
Revelation 12 was not written to try to convince comfortable Christians that there is a spiritual war on. The Christians reading the Book of Revelation at the end of the first century didn’t need any persuading. Revelation 12 was written to persecuted Christians to explain…
C.S.Lewis once said, “Aim at heaven and you get the earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither.” Christians don’t think enough about heaven. Revelation gives us a number of glorious pictures of heaven. Last week be began by looking at the…
Power. Wealth. Wisdom. Strength. Honour. Glory. Praise. These are all thing which very many people spend their lives chasing. And there is nothing wrong with any of them in themselves. As long as they are ascribed to a person who is truly worthy to receive…