Is it better to be hot or cold? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: An overview of the seven letters to the seven churches addressed in RevelationThe uniqueness of Jesus’ words to the Laodicean churchCommon misunderstandings of the description of a preference for being hot or coldHow this passage...

Who are these people? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: Where and why the church is referred to as the people of God in ScriptureWhy we shouldn’t see this understanding of the church as something entirely newThe importance of distinguishing between the universal and local churchHow this...

One of the most common ways that we speak of the church is as a place or an event. It is somewhere to go to. But of all the ways that the Bible describes the church, this isn’t one of them. Instead, the Bible describes the church as something much more important. Virtually every time the Bible uses the...

I love reading through the Old Testament. The Old Testament is rich with threads of the gospel—hints of what God was planning from before the world began. However, it is easy to overlook look them. They are often understated—they’re not the main point of the passage, but they are present. There are several gospel themes in Genesis alone, more...

Revelation begins and ends with blessing. We see blessing in the beginning in verse 3, where the author blesses the one who “reads aloud the words of this prophecy.” And we see blessing at the end in Revelation 22:14: “Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and...

John, along with Peter and James, was among Jesus’ closest friends. As you read through the Gospels, you will see this inner three play a more significant role than the other nine disciples. And John was the one that Jesus entrusted the care of His mother to instead of counting on His unbelieving half-brothers to do this (see John...