revelation
An archaeological exploration with professor Nick Cahill. Sardis, an ancient capital that became a historic Christian city, has been under excavation for more than three decades, most recently directed by UW-Madison professor Nick Cahill. Sardis is a World Heritage Site, known in the Bible as one of the seven cities of Revelation. But before that it was the capital of Lydia, a legendary ancient empire where coinage was first invented. Professor Cahill specializes in the archaeology of Greece, the Near East, and especially Anatolia. His work focuses on cultural relationships between the Mediterranean and Near East during the Iron…
If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in … — Revelation 3:20We recently had some people visit our home. My wife and I wanted to have it all cleaned up and nice before our guests arrived, but one thing after another happened and we didn’t get all the cleaning done we wanted to. They had to see it as it really was.Deep inside we want to clean up for Jesus. But somehow that never works. We want Jesus in the nice clean living room, but He walks right in and asks to open the closet,…
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock … — Revelation 3:20When was the last time you had a life-changing encounter with God? Today? A week ago? A year ago? 30 years? Never?Let me define my terms. By "life-changing" I don’t mean that you were hyped. TV commercials can get us hyped. Multi-level marketing managers can get us hyped. Shallow evangelists who know how to work a crowd can get us hyped. Neither do I mean that you ended up sinlessly perfect. But I do mean that you walked away a different person.This is not another spiritual chore.…
Much is being made of the unusual combination of numbers in today’s date. Perhaps too much. News stories report that women nearing the end of their pregnancies are taking steps to make sure their children will not have a 6/6/6 birth date. Certain books and movies are seizing this day as the perfect release date. All because the Bible identifies 666 as the mark of the beast.