Richard Gilbert
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The Book of Revelation Is Not About the Rapture
Every time something big happens in the news, especially if it involves the Middle East, it seems a new set of books, reinterpreting the book of Revelation, is published. It is, therefore, no surprise when the reader begins to get the impression that the book of Revelation is a very dark, mysterious book that is difficult, if not downright impossible, to understand but to many people’s surprise the book of Revelation is not about the rapture.
Christ & The Book of Revelation
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book (Rev. 22:18). Every time something big happens in the news (especially if it involves the Middle East) it seems a new set of books, reinterpreting […]
Corporate Worship
There is a growing trend among adherents of the Church Growth movement to treat the church as just another business. It should come as no surprise, then, that a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article discusses the latest developments of this trend, the megachurch. This trend is not an aberration based on misapplication of Church […]
Luther and Conversion
“To be converted to God means to believe in Christ, to believe that He is our mediator and that we have eternal life through Him.” (W 52, 617). So said Luther in a sermon in 1534. The first misconception that Luther warns us about is the notion, so common in much of what passes for […]
