All Saints: Tobit 3:7-8, 7:10-12; Revelation 7:9-17; Matthew 22:23-29: Who’s Doing the Counting?

All the counting in Scripture.  On its first page, the words, “In the beginning” ring out, commencing the count.  So tabulate the days as they unfold.  “The evening came and […]

Isaiah 26:19: All Saints

Unless Christ returns first, we will all face death.  Experience teaches us this truth.  Death is even more certain than taxes.  Our experience on earth, however, cannot tell us what […]

Revelation 7:9-17: Now and Not Yet, but also with the Saints and Archangels

If you look at the Church with the eyes of your body, the Church can often be a despicable mess. Think of how one hymn describes her: “Though with a […]

All Saints’: Matthew 5:1-12

The kingdom of this world is like a man who goes off to war.  He fights for his homeland, but soon his enemies capture him.  They strip him and beat […]