Sermons on Revelation

Forever is a difficult concept for time-bound humans, but the span has an eternal purpose.

[Christianity is a thoroughly eschatological faith, no matter what some contemporary would-be retrievers of the "historical Jesus" may claim. Yet eschatology always has been a tough topic for preachers. Advent is the supremely eschatological, apocalyptic season. Thus, the following is my attempt to preach eschatology in this sermon preached at in a Duke chapel sermon.]

Matthew 24:3-13, Revelation 21:1-7   I received an interesting Christmas card from a dear friend, a retired Air Force General. On the front was a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, hovering above the world. Inside the card were these words: “Peace on earth.” Beside t

A Summons to Sobriety Revelation 14:6-13 I love Revelation. I always have, since the first time I read it in junior high school. I love it because it invites me into another world, a highly imaginative and vivid world of heaven and the abyss, of

Good Grief Isaiah 43:1-5; Revelation 7:16-17; John 11:28-36 I'll never forget the night my grandfather died. He'd become so ill, they had to take him to a nursing home. They actually didn't have to, I found out much later. They'd taken him to the hospital,

The Source Of Our Strength (April, 2003 POL)   Topic: Trust Author: Emily Duncan Rosencrans, Associate Pastor, Wayne Presbyterian Church, Wayne, PA Title: The Source of Our Strength Text: Jeremiah 2:9-19; John 7:37-38; Revelation 7:15-20 Jeremiah prophesied at a troubled time in Israel's h

John was guilty of a rather common sin among the people of God: falling in adoration before the messenger rather than the God of the messenger.