"In taking us straight to the heart of the text, Phil Moore has served us magnificently ... Phil writes so relevantly and with such submission to Biblical revelation."
Phil Moore is the author of the "Straight To The Heart" series of bite-sized devotional commentaries. Punchy, relevant and refreshingly direct - let's go straight to the heart of the Bible together.
As I write this, Boris Johnson is anxiously waiting for the counting of votes to see if he is still the Mayor of London. Hundreds of Conservative and LibDem councillors have lost their seats. A senior Labour councillor has lost his seat to George Galloway’s Respect Party. It’s a magnificent reminder that human power is very fleeting.
That’s why I’m loving our new preaching series on the book of Revelation with its constant reminder that God’s power never fades away.
When John saw a vision of Jesus in Revelation 1, he recognised him as the person Daniel had described as “one like the son of man.” Daniel had dreamed a prophetic dream in 553BC in which he saw the Babylonian Empire rise and fall, the Persian Empire rise and fall, Alexander the Great’s Empire rise and fall, and the Roman Empire rise and fall. Then he had seen “...