Volume 15, No.2, May 2004
The Letter to Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6)
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead’ ” (Revelation 3:1, NASB). SARDIS AND EPHESUS The messages to the seven churches in the book of Revelation have a fourfold reference. First, [...]
The Way of an Eagle in the Air
As a boy, I was lying on my back one day in the woods in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, drinking in the beauty of nature. As I looked up through the foliage of the trees around me, I noticed a stirring overhead. Lo and behold, a bald eagle was resting on one of the upper branches, and not having seen [...]
Peter and Mark in Babylon
“The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son” (1 Peter 5:13). This rather obscure scripture of greetings holds within it three enigmas. (1) Who is it that is in Babylon? (2) To which Babylon does the apostle refer? (3) What was the relationship between Peter and Marcus? It is the search for answers to [...]