Preaching on the Millennium: Tom Schreiner

I mentioned a while back that I’ve been listening to some of Tom Schreiner’s sermons on Revelation, given at Clifton Road Baptist Church (I’m not sure how long the audio will be on the site, so check it out now).  I just finished listening to his sermon from 6/14/09 on Revelation 20, the infamous Millennium [...]

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Book Review: The Revelation of Saint John by Ian Boxall

Special thanks to Kathy of Hendrickson Publishers for a review copy of this book.  I should note that paperback volumes of the Black’s series will be released in the relatively near future.  I have a hardcover copy.

I have a confession to make.  When I first saw this commentary a couple years back, I asked two [...]

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Why I Am A Premillennialist: Some Thoughts in Progress

I originally posted this on my old blog, but since I’ve been working through Revelation again I decided to post it again here.  As I read back over this, I’m still convinced that these are valid points that need to be considered, though they are still thoughts in progress.
One of the most debated passages in [...]

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Persecution & Compromise: Double Trouble for Revelation’s Readers

Most of us understand that the book of Revelation predicts and expects persecution for its readers.  The assumption is that John’s readers were under the constant threat of death for their testimony of Jesus Christ.  Basically, this viewpoint goes something like this: if you don’t worship the emperor, you will be killed.
Ian Boxall, in his [...]

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Resources for Studying Revelation

The spring is one of my favorite times of the year in our training school because it means our unit on Revelation is finally here.  I enjoy teaching it so much largely because it gives me an excuse to study it and learn more deeply (I hope) the life-changing truths of this book.  It is [...]

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