Category Archives: Daily Devotions

The Chapel http://www.chapel.org  has a campus in McHenry where we live.  They started a Sunday School this past week and we were asked to read Colossians 3:1-17 and meditate on it or read it repeatedly.  Try reading it through yourself … Continue reading →

At the end of all time Eden will be restored.  All the things that are not as they should be will be made right.  I am struck by the healing capacity of the tree in the garden.  The nations will … Continue reading →

Finally we see that all things are made new.  The language literally indicates that the old forms of heaven and earth will pass away and a new form will be made.  The earth is utopian.  in other words all those … Continue reading →

After Armageddon there are still 1,000 years to be lived.  1,000 years back from where we are today would take us to the time of the Vikings and William the Conqueror.  A lot has happened since then and the population of the … Continue reading →

Jesus speaks and countless people die.  This is in stark contrast to the Jesus we might perceive in the gospels.  In the gospels Jesus speaks and brings healing and tenderness.  However, Jesus is God and God is just and loving.  … Continue reading →

Whatever Babylon represents it definitely includes an economic system.  We see this by how the merchants weep at her downfall.  This could be that Babylon is just a large economic power, like the United States or China, or it could … Continue reading →

Various interpretations have been offered for the images of Revelation 17.  We must remember that the imagery is apocalyptic and apocalyptic images are brilliant and vague.  To try and be too specific about what images mean involves reading into the … Continue reading →

People rail against a God who kills people or sits by and allows horrific things to happen.  This is because our anthropology is soft.  We think that mankind by virtue of being its lovely self deserves Hershey’s kisses, foot massages, … Continue reading →

What is a glorious victory over sin?  We know that in many cases sin has corrupted cities, institutions and peoples.  In that case a victory over sin involves moving forward and ‘taking strongholds’.  There is a time to be offensive … Continue reading →

The grapes of wrath and the fear of the Lord were more potent in the mind of the 20th century.  Now that we are in pursuit of global niceness wrath and fear are left for fundamentalists and extremists.  It is … Continue reading →