Unraveling Revelation: Philadelphia – The Hour of Trial

January 13, 2020

We discuss the “synagogue of Satan” (and how the teaching has been misused over the years), the open door Jesus described, and the who, what, and when of the “hour of trial” that he said would soon test those on the earth.

Tim Chaffey – The Fallen

January 13, 2020

IN TODAY’S scientistic, naturalistic world, why would a serious scholar of biblical theology endorse the idea that angels literally procreated with human women to produce giants? Tim Chaffey, author of Fallen: The Sons of God and the Nephilim, explains why a Christian apologist chose to defend the minority view of Genesis 6:1-4.

Unraveling Revelation: Thyatira – The Lax Church

November 18, 2019

Thyatira was a town dominated by craftsmens’ guilds, and to have a career you needed to belong to a guild—and worship its patron deity. We discuss comparisons of Thyatira to the medieval church between 606 and 1517 AD.

Unraveling Revelation: Pergamum – The Compromising Church

November 11, 2019

Besides the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamum was known for the Asclepion, a temple of healing devoted to the demigod Asclepius. We discuss the pagan rites of Pergamum and why the church there represents the history of the Christian church between 313 and 606 AD.

Unraveling Revelation: Smyrna – Conquering the Second Death

October 28, 2019

The church of Smyrna was told it would be tested and suffer tribulation for ten days. We discuss the trials of Smyrna, which represents the church age between 100 and 312 AD, and the reminder that the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is about the long war with Death.

Unraveling Revelation: The Church of Ephesus (Part 1)

September 30, 2019

Ephesus was a world-class city in the first century, the most prominent in Western Asia Minor. We discuss the importance of the goddess Artemis, evidence of demonic activity during the apostolic age, and begin to analyze the letter from Jesus to the church in the city where John spent his last days.