Preface

1. The Time Is at Hand - Rev. 1:1-8
2. Dreaming God's Dreams - Rev. 1:9-20
3. Awakening to Jesus - Rev. 1:12-18
4. Awakening to Ecstasy - Rev. 2:1-7
5. Rich Church, Poor Church - Rev. 2:8-11
6. Let God Call You by Name - Rev. 2:12-17
7. Naked Bodies, Intimate Secrets - Rev. 2:18-29
8. Waking the Dead - Rev. 3:1-6
9. Holding On - Rev. 3:7-13
10. Disgustingly Nice Christians - Rev. 3:14-22
11. Casting Crowns - Rev. 4
12. Unwrapping the Meaning of Your Life - Rev. 5
13. Soundtrack to the End of the World - Rev. 6
14. The Omen - Rev. 7
15. Prayer from the Other Side of Silence - Rev. 8:1-5
16. Warnings on a God-Cursed World - Rev. 8:6-9:21
17. The Bittersweet Gospel - Rev. 10
18. End-Times Superheroes - Rev. 11:1-19
19. The Location of the Lost Ark - Rev. 11:15-19
20. Born-Again Birth Pains - Rev. 12:1-6, 17
21. The Dragon - Rev. 12:7-17
22. Politics and Religion: Double Trouble - Rev. 13
23. The Revelation on TV - Rev. 14:1-13
24. The Not-So-Grim Reaper - Rev. 14:13-20
25. The Gospel of Wrath - Rev. 15
26. What God Wants - Rev. 16
27. To Make a Bride - Rev. 17
28. To Love the Bride - Rev. 18:1-19:8
29. Don't Miss the Millennium - Rev. 20:1-10
30. Living by the Book and Dying by the book - Rev. 20:11-15
31. You Can Go Home - Rev. 21:1-14
32. You Can Come Out Now - Rev. 21:9-22:5
33. "Come, Lord Jesus!" (But There's a Lion in the Way) - Rev. 22

Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments