Mark Daniels
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I'm a sinner, no better than any other human being. I have no personal bragging rights. My only boast is that, in spite of my many sins and my numerous faults, through God's grace, given in Jesus Christ, my sins are forgiven and I have a new life.
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[This is from my podcast series, Route 66: a podcast journey through the Bible. Here, we look at chapter 5 of Revelation ..read more
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The hatred and vitriol I hear from people who confess Christ as Lord is appalling.
Do you want to know why so many people in America today claim no faith? One big explanation is “Christians.”
Fellow Christians: Jesus has given us a great commission, proclaiming the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus to save sinners like us for life with God, today in this imperfect world and eternally in the resurrection. “Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people,” He says, {because] whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned ..read more
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Here's the latest installment of my podcast. It's the fourth part of a look at the New Testament book of Revelation ..read more
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Thematic Arrangement of the Seven Letters
(Revelation 2:1-3:22)
Dennis E. Johnson. Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation
According to Johnson: “The letters are grouped in two triads, with the longest of the seven, Thyatira, serving as the hinge between the triads.”
First Triad (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum)
Here “the summons to hear precedes the promise to the victor”
Central Letter: Thyatira
Second Triad (Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea)
In all of the last four letters, the order is reversed: promise to the victor precedes the summons to hear.
Within each of the two triads ..read more