I always maintain that my lack of affection for beaches is simply a matter of anticipated eschatology. This excerpt from R.C. Sproul’s Surprised By Suffering reminds us that the future promise is really about what is present and what is absent, and the comfort that should arise from that expectation. Scripture often speaks of the …
Superbly written and evocative Advent themed reflection on a theme from Zephaniah by author Marilyn Robinson. Read the whole thing here, but this is the concluding half. The prophets tell us that we are contained in an ethical cosmos. Choices have consequences. These are not, in the overwhelming majority of cases, choices we make as …
Proverbs 26:11 From the CNN Religion Blog Camping had kept a low-profile since Saturday, the day he had forecast for the return of Jesus Christ to Earth. He and his devoted followers have been warning for months that on May 21, a select 2% to 3% of the world’s population would be taken to heaven. …
Whenever someone makes a prediction about the exact timing of ‘the rapture’ you really wonder if they’ve been paying attention. As Matt Viney put it on his blog: I just wish people like Harold Camping and his ilk would come to understand that Jesus said ‘no-one knows that day or the hour’ of his return. …
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