I’m so glad the biblical narrative ends as it does. The final two chapters of the Book of Revelation provide a fitting conclusion to John’s apocalyptic vision and are among the most glorious passages of all Scripture. The Lamb wins. We are redeemed. Heaven is open. I wonder what thoughts ran through John’s mind after …
Is everything sad going to come untrue?
Last Tuesday (2 September 2025) was the 52nd anniversary of the death of one of my favourite authors, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Near the end of Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, the kind and humble character Sam Gamgee says to Gandalf, “I thought you were dead! But I thought I was dead myself.” And then he asks, “Is …
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