Power-Reading the Bible
an occasional blog by Gary D. Collier

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Bringing Revelation To Life Jan 28, 2025

How can we bring new energy, new understanding, new vigor to reading the book of Revelation?  How, in fact, can we bring Revelation to life?

The video above is excerpted from the first session of the...

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The Apocalypse Unplugged Dec 12, 2024

Today, I've just returned home from a stellar 5-day trip to Kansas City.  And today, I have a January announcement.  But first, what leads to it...

The Publisher

I went to KC as an invited speaker f...

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Is Revelation Poetry? Aug 18, 2023

Note:  this post is an early version of the introduction of a new translation of the Apocalypse now available only for private sale (by personal request), or as a promotional gift under the following ...

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Reading Revelation Today Dec 14, 2021

My encouragement to all who would read the book of Revelation is this:  Spend less time listening to theories about the book (how it is said to apply to this or that thing today or tomorrow), and more...

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The Most Difficult Verse? Rev 18:20 Nov 18, 2021

By the time we get to Revelation 18:20, the beast-riding woman from chapter 17 is promised for swift destruction in a futile attempt at war against God.  And so we come to this: 

Rejoice over her, O ...

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Pop-Christianity & the Apocalypse Aug 11, 2021

One of the biggest problems when reading the Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse) is that Christians too often don't have any kind of historical sense about apocalyptic thinking or apocalyptic literatu...

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Part 1: Trust Aug 03, 2021

1. Could People in the Roman Empire Trust One Another?

In the New Testament we find few professions (or occupations) mentioned. The first of these few to come to mind is that of Paul, Priscilla, and ...

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