Next Sunday I begin teaching Mark 13 at Church of the Open Door. Mark 13 condenses Jesus’ Olivet Discourse—His answer to two questions every follower of Christ asks when we read about end-time events:

When will these things be?

What will be the sign when these things are fulfilled?

I’m persuaded it’s important to teach Mark 13 because I believe prophecy is important to Christians. But not for the reasons a lot of people think of when you mention biblical prophecy.

It’s an intriguing truth that the general events of prophecy are pretty easy to establish if you believe that every word of the Bible is inspired by God and true. The details, however, are extremely difficult to interpret.

Ever wonder why?

Could it be that the Lord doesn’t really want us to worry and argue over the details?

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