Heaven on Sign and Shadow

"All Things New," not "All New Things"

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

If you read 2 Peter 3:7, in which the world burns and the heavens melt, you may think that the end of the world is a kind of cosmic reset, but that’s not actually what’s going on. Like the Flood before it, the end that awaits the present world is not only judgment and destruction, but renewal and restoration. What does Jesus mean when he says he “will make all things new” (Rev. 21:5)? He does not mean that he will make all new things.

The Gated Community: Heaven's Open Gates

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I had the opportunity to preach at my former church last week, Christ the King Presbyterian in Conshohocken PA. The sermon was a look at the way the idea of “Gates” develops from Psalm 24 through Matthew 16:13-28 and concluding in Rev. 21:9-27. You can listen to it here or directly below.

The Gated Community: A Biblical Theology of Gates

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I recently had the privilege of writing about “Gates” over at TableTalk. Here’s an excerpt: