The Devastating Effects of Prayer (Rev. 8)
by No way. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My wife had just handed me an advertisement from Red Lobster. There it was, as plain as day. …
Author: Ben Hammond
Unrelenting Mercy (Rev. 7)
I don’t understand why they do it. Two grown men peer at each other over raised fists adorned with plush red gloves. On cue they …
The Jesus We Never Knew (Rev. 6)
Herbie. For some, that distinctive name calls to mind memories of a long-lost uncle, but for most of us, Herbie was a 1963 Volkswagon Bug, …
Worthy is the Lamb (Rev. 5)
The anticipation consumed me. Every day, maybe several times a day, I checked the status of my order. Finally, the big day arrived. Hurriedly, I …
What It’s All About (Rev. 4)
Do you ever feel like a hamster sprinting in a wheel, laboring feverishly but getting nowhere? Day after day it’s the same ol’ rat race. …
Deceived by Fool’s Gold: A Message to Us via Laodicea (Rev. 3:7-13)
“It’s a golden head!” My second son, about nine years old at the time, beamed ecstatically. His archaeological digs in our yard had unearthed a …
It Will Be Worth it All: A Message to Us via Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-13)
Helena and Hermia are friends. At least, they were friends—until Hermia’s lover Lysander succumbed to a special love juice applied to his eyes while he …
Reviving a Beautiful Corpse: A Message to Us Via Sardis (Rev. 3:1-6)
Carnage lay strewn along the roadway: bodies and personal effects littered the scene. Lives would be changed forever. It was April 26, 2006, when the …
A Reward for the Intolerant: A Message for Us via Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-29)
Toleration. It’s the primary gauge of societal perfection in our culture. We are supposed to tolerate everyone, regardless of what they do, what they think, …
Eliminating Compromise: A Message to Us via Pergamos (Rev. 2:12-17)
The silverware rattled as the drawer that housed it slid open with aggravated force. I instinctively suspended my breathing and waited. It was the sound …