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Entries by Greg Carey from 01/2012

What Does The Book Of Revelation Really Mean?

| Posted 01.02.2012 | Religion
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No academic interpreter of Revelation understands the book as a roadmap for the future. Instead, Revelation originally spoke to the conditions of its own time and place.

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Mark 1:14-20: A Call Worthy of Their Lives

| Posted 01.18.2012 | Religion
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Some people abandon their nets because they hear good news worthy of our lives. Sensing God's kingdom drawing near, they reshape their lives in response to God's call. They drop everything and go another way.

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Revelation in Context: Letters and Symbols

| Posted 01.25.2012 | Religion
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No one understands all of Revelation's numbers and symbols. Still, almost all interpreters have come to a common assessment of several keys: the Lamb, the Beast, the Great Prostitute, the Other Beast and the New Jerusalem.

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