Illustrations from Revelation

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A Contemporary Inclusive Language for God Story

In a small town, there was a community center known for its vibrant gatherings. Every Sunday, families from all walks of life would come together, sharing meals and stories, forging bonds that reflected the love of Christ. One year, the...

Revelation 11:18Anglican

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Science Illustration: Limits of Human Knowledge

A scientist named Dr. Collins devoted his life to studying the universe. He had charts and data sprawled across every surface of his cluttered office, each detail meticulously crafted to understand the cosmos. One day, after years of research, he...

Revelation 21:1-5Universal

Movie Analogy

WALL-E: Tending Creation After We Failed (Genesis 2:15)

Imagine a desolate Earth, where the skies are choked with smog and the ground is littered with the remnants of a consumer-driven society. In the midst of this chaos stands WALL-E, a small, rusty robot with big, kind eyes, devotedly...

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Science Illustration: Wonder at the Cosmos

On a clear night, away from the city’s glow, I once stood under a vast, star-studded sky. Each twinkling star seemed to tell a story, whispering tales of creation that stretched back billions of years. As I gazed upward, I...

Hebrews 12:1Universalmemorydeath

Movie Analogy

Coco: Remember Me (Hebrews 12:1)

In the heartwarming film *Coco*, we find a profound truth woven into its vibrant tapestry: death is not the final chapter; being forgotten is. Picture the Land of the Dead, a place alive with color and music, where the spirits...

The Prepared Path Through Tham Luang

In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach crawled into the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand for a...

Science Illustration: Learning from Failure

In a small lab tucked away in a university, a group of scientists dedicated years to developing a new renewable energy source. They were filled with hope, dreaming of a world free from pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. Yet,...

Corrie ten Boom and the Hidden Room

In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Netherlands. Corrie ten Boom and her family had been hiding Jewish refugees behind...

Revelation 21:5Universalbeautysuffering

Contemporary

Grinding Gold in a City of Dust

Makoto Fujimura's painting studio sat in lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, when the towers collapsed, ash and pulverized concrete...

The Safe Room She Didn't Know Was There

In 2011, a massive EF5 tornado carved through Joplin, Missouri, leveling entire neighborhoods in minutes. Bethany Stover clutched her newborn son in a hallway closet...

Nature Illustration: Sabbath Land and Jubilee

Imagine a once-abandoned field, overgrown with thorns and brambles, where hope seemed lost. But one day, a gardener stepped onto the land, armed with a vision. With each careful turn of the soil, he unearthed the remnants of what could...

The Forest That Fire Unlocked

After the Yellowstone fires of 1988, news cameras captured nothing but ash and standing deadwood stretching for miles in every direction. What had taken centuries...

Betsie ten Boom's Vision Beyond the Barracks

In the winter of 1944, Betsie ten Boom lay dying on a thin mattress in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Her body was skeletal, ravaged by forced...

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Commentary

Reformed (Presbyterian) Lens Commentary: Revelation 3:14-22

We read Revelation 3:14-22 as a solemn warning to the church in Laodicea, which reflects a broader warning to all churches throughout redemptive history. Christ, the true and faithful witness, exposes their lukewarm state, urging them to seek true riches in Him. This passage underscores the necessit

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The Last Lullaby on Maple Street

Margaret Chen sang to her husband David every night of his final three months. Not hymns — though she knew hundreds — but the same...

Corrie ten Boom and the Hidden Place

In February 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home in Haarlem, Holland. Corrie ten Boom and her family had been sheltering Jewish refugees for...

Science Illustration: Stewardship of Scientific Influence

In a small town, there lived an elderly scientist named Dr. Mendez. His entire life had been devoted to studying the stars, and he often said that each twinkle held a secret waiting to be uncovered. One clear night, he...

The Grief He Couldn't Argue Away

When Joy Davidman died of cancer in July 1960, C.S. Lewis — the man who had spent decades writing the twentieth century's most compelling defenses...

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Historical

The Holy City's Twelve Gates: Universal Access to Glory

They proclaim that the city lies open and accessible to all quarters equally.

Contemporary

A Widow's Thirty-Year Vigil

Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers pulled into the driveway of his home on Guynes Street in Jackson, Mississippi. The NAACP field...

Revelation 6:10Universalsacrificejustice

Historical

God's Sovereignty Over the Seven Vials of Wrath

This detail reveals that Elohim directs every dispensation of suffering with absolute governance.

Revelation 14:1UniversalGod's sovereignty in afflictiondivine justice and mercy

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5Universal

The Town That Borrowed Its Sunlight

Rjukan, Norway, sits at the bottom of a narrow valley so deep that from September to March, direct sunlight never reaches the town. For over...

The Alpine Refuge

In 1174, a merchant named Peter Waldo of Lyon gave away his wealth and began preaching the gospel in the language of common people. The...

The Last House on Greensburg Street

Margaret Owens spent forty-three years in the same clapboard house on Greensburg Street in New Orleans. She raised four children there, buried her husband from...