Mythicism and Mysticism
Mythicism has done a pretty good job of spreading the idea that all the information Paul and others had about Jesus was gleaned from visions.That claim doesn’t fit the evidence.We certainly do have...
View ArticleRevelation: A Rock Opera
Have you heard about Mike Doughty’s rock opera based on the Book of Revelation? I love this sort of thing. Others have alluded to Revelation (see “Supper’s Ready” by Genesis, for instance), but to my...
View ArticleHilding Rosenberg, Symphony No.4 “Johannes uppenbarelse”
A symphony based on and incorporating parts of the Revelation of John, as well as poems by Hjalmar Gullberg. Composed in the context of World War II and the expansion of the Nazis into Scandinavia....
View ArticleSpontaneous Singing in the Bible
As I prepare to teach my course on the Bible and music next semester, I’ve been thinking more about the music behind and in the Bible, as well as music that takes up the already-existing Bible and...
View ArticleJesus’ Coronation Anthem
As I was preparing to speak about Handel’s Messiah recently, I came across a great description of what the Hallelujah Chorus is, stylistically speaking, in Calvin Stapert’s book about the piece...
View ArticleImmigration in the New Jerusalem
This is not satire, if you can believe it. Bryan Fischer writes: The Scriptures tell us that the eternal city of his coming kingdom will be surrounded by “a great high wall with twelve gates”...
View ArticleDonald Trump Fulfills Prophecy
Last Sunday in my Sunday school class, I confess that I poked fun at the Left Behind series. References to the past and present in conjunction with the future in Revelation have persuaded me that it is...
View ArticleAssimilated into the Holy City
When I posted in the past about the cube shape of the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation, which reminds Star Trek fans of a Borg cube, I didn’t come up with anything nearly as good as this mash-up...
View Article88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be In 1988 (and not today)
Good morning, and welcome to yet another end of the world. As you have probably heard, the end of the world has been predicted as occurring today, as has been done so many times before. This time the...
View ArticleSpit Out False Antitheses
A while back I had someone appeal to the text in Revelation about being lukewarm as part of their attempt to bolster a false antithesis. What I should have pointed out in response (but alas failed to...
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