By Thomas Schreiner– Revelation 6:1-17 teaches us that our God is the Lord of history. He is the final judge. Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a white [...]

By Thomas R. Schreiner — When we approach a text like Revelation 4, we must remember that the believers in the early church were a small and persecuted minority in a hostile world. So, they needed to be reminded that God is the sovereign creator. And this passage is put in Scripture because we need [...]

By Thomas Schreiner – Many of us are very familiar with Mark Dever’s book 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Well, the apostle John wrote his own book on the topic long before Dever’s. And he titled it 3 Marks of a Dead Church, and it is found in his letter to the church in [...]

By Fred Zaspel In my previous post I discussed (1) the Knowability of God, (2) the Knowledge of God, (3) how God makes himself known everywhere, and (4) the incredible reality that “God speaks.” Today I would like to pick up where I left off by examining exactly how God speaks to his people. 5. [...]

By Fred Zaspel Most fundamentally, what distinguishes Christianity from all other religions is that Christianity is a revealed religion. That is, it is not in any sense the result of our making our way to God. It is in its entirety the result of God making himself known to us. Christianity therefore is marked by [...]

By Thomas Schreiner The murder of Christians for their faith is not limited to early church history. In many parts of the world it is still happening. I could relate many stories, but here are two recent incidents as reported by Voice of the Martyrs. “On August 23, three Christians in Chiapas, Mexico, were brutally [...]

By Thomas Schreiner Charles Spurgeon says the following about losing our first love in his sermon on Revelation 2:1-7, “When we first loved the Saviour how earnest we were; there was not a single thing in the Bible, that we did not think most precious; there was not one command of his that we did [...]

By Ardel Caneday Perhaps it is my age, perhaps not, but I seem vexed daily, not that I am unpleasant, unhappy, miserable, of churlish. No. Actually, I am quite happy, pleasant, and cheerful. My vexation is not prompted by ailments, body pains, or anything within me. Rather, my vexation comes because I encounter others, I [...]

by Matthew Barrett What is the main difference between a liberal view of revelation and an orthodox (biblical) view of revelation? Perhaps many differences could be mentioned. However, the main difference is the liberal affirmation of human autonomy, specifically in the area of human knowledge. In regards to revelation, the Bible does not sit in [...]