When Babylon falls in a single hour

Last week I concluded an 8-week class on the book of Revelation at my church. Near the book’s end is the fall of commercial Babylon. (I encourage you to read Chapter 18). Babylon’s economic collapse will mark the near end of the Great Tribulation period. Babylon falls after 3 ½ years of devastating plagues. (God also uses “42 months” and “1,260 days” to make clear the duration of this plague-filled...

A thing or two I think I know

I believe… When the virus finally settles down, our national response will likely be viewed as one of two things: (1) it will be either a gigantic overreaction… (2) or an equally gigantic underreaction. We just don’t know which direction of a miss-hit our aim will be. We don’t have the wisdom or foresight to hit it just right. Responses to the crisis are all over the map. Look at social media, you’ll see what I mean. Some say we...

When the things that matter don’t matter

One month ago I was driving with a long-time friend to a college sporting event 80 miles away. My friend, who travels frequently to China, was sharing with me how the “China virus” was impacting his overseas business associates and customers. (At that time it was a China problem, not a U.S. problem…. and certainly not yet a global problem.) Today that college team we follow was supposed to be completing in the NCAA championships...