Chris Hambleton's Blog

Have you ever considered that when Jesus returns and reigns after the Tribulation, what could His Kingdom — and the new world that He will create (or remake) — look like?

Imagine a world ruled with perfect justice yet coupled with mercy and grace? Imagine a world with no disease, no wars, much longer lifespans, an ideal climate, and no violence even in the animal kingdom?

What might it be like to live on Earth during Jesus’s literal 1000-year reign (the Millennium)? How will people heal after th...

“The Sons of Noah” is the fourth book in the “Days of Noah Series” and one I’ve been looking forward to writing for quite some time! It’s available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ7Q51BP

While I had written a preliminary draft of the novel a few years ago, the latest archaeological discoveries concerning the likely location of Noah’s Ark, the First Villages, and also the possible location of Babel, warranted several new directions for the series. Also, rather than merely draft one bo...

Like millions of other Americans, I was shocked, saddened, and also angry when I first heard of Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week. His memorial service is happening as I write this, and I hope my words can do him some measure of justice.

Though I had certainly heard of Charlie Kirk and had listened to several clips of him before last week, since his death I’ve been watching and hearing so much more of him, and have grown to admire and respect him far more than I likely would have before, ev...

My wife and I recently finished watching the first season of the new biblical series “House of David” on Amazon. The series was very well done, even though it doesn’t exactly follow the biblical narrative in places, along with some embellishments and liberties taken for dramatic effect. And while it only covers the beginning of David’s story, it was enough to get me thinking about him and his life in my morning devotional time.

I’ve written before about David and about how his true focus was on...

During the Christmas Eve service at Calvary Chapel Merritt Island, one of the songs that was featured was the song Names by Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music. And while it’s not what anyone would consider to be a typical Christmas song, there were several elements within it that declared the truths of the Christmas message, and also the wonder of God the Son coming down into our midst and taking on flesh and bone in order to dwell among us (Immanuel). In the midst of celebrating Christ’s...

Now available on the Kindle and in paperback!

My latest fiction work (“The Sons of Ashur”) is ready for Kindle download at Amazon.com! The book is also available in paperback format.

The synopsis for the book is:

As the dust begins to settle after the sudden fall of the Islamic regime in Iran, freedom, personal liberty, and optimism are once again rising after being dormant for many years. The religious police have been outlawed and women have regained many of their rights that had been lost fo...

The wind here in the mountains has been fiercely blowing since late yesterday evening. After a nearly perfect spring day on Palm Sunday, the wind picked up and hasn’t stopped since. The huge trunks of the great oak in the back are even moving (which they rarely do). And while our house was built to withstand such winds, it’s been creaking and even shuddering at times from the gusts and billows. “Howling like Hell” is a perfect description for the weather this morning, which brings me to this ent...

In early November 2023, Amazon’s Kindle Digital Publishing (KDP) surprised the publishing industry by announcing that a beta program for creating audiobooks from eBooks was in the works called “Virtual Voice”. The new service would use AI (Artificial Intelligence) to “read” your KDP eBooks and quickly generate audiobooks which would then be published to Amazon’s Audible store. Left unsaid was that Amazon/KDP would have some sort of exclusivity program to list books produced by their services onl...

I’ve been spending the week here in Cape Canaveral, where it’s been a healthy mix of sun and rain (though the high humidity is constant!). My brother is visiting on a working vacation, and it’s been nice showing him around and getting a little work done here. He takes long walks in the morning and has probably seen more of the town than I have!

Before my trip, my wife asked me to find her some sand dollars while I was here, but after a couple of days scouring the beach, I only managed to find he...

A few years ago, my men’s group from church did a great study about “The Second Half” by Patrick Morley. The focus of the book is to help men understand the different phases of their lives, how to navigate through the mid-life phase, and then how to build the “second half” of their lives. Though both men and women experience the mid-life phase, men experience it differently because much of their identity is defined by their work or career rather than their children.

Generally speaking, our adul...