Podcast: Revelation

There are a few things I would not like to hear from Jesus when He addresses us as one of His churches, one of them, in fact, probably at the top of the “I don’t want to ever hear that list” is this, Revelation 3:1 (ESV) 1…“ ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. BOOM!

The church in Thyatira (like the church in Pergamum), had allowed itself to become comfortable with compromise. In the case of the church in Thyatira, the compromise came in the form of tolerating and succumbing to false teaching. If the church in Pergamum was about the enemy using temptation to lure us into compromise, the church at Thyatira, it’s

So far in our journey through Revelation and in particular this section on the 7 Churches, we have encountered both a “Loveless Church“, and a “Suffering Church” each of which, taught us some important lessons i.e., we need to return to our first love (Ephesus), and we must be prepared for the privilege of suffering for the Gospel (Smyrna). And as

Last week we saw what “The Loveless Church” looks like. Which as a reminder, is the kind of church that by allowing self-righteousness, hardness of heart, and a critical spirit to set in, forgets its first love. What is that first love? It’s the love for the Gospel and the desire to see the lost reached.  This week we were exposed

We are forging ahead with our journey through the book of Revelation by looking at the first of 7 Churches mentioned in “The Letter to the 7 Churches” – Ephesus.  Revelation 2:2–4 (ESV) 2 “ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles

We are continuing our journey in the book of Revelation with The 7 Churches.  Revelation 1:12–13 (ESV)12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a

We kicked off 2022 with a bang as we started our new series on The Book of Revelations. With all the uncertainty in this world what better way to start off our year than by focusing our attention on our conquering King!  Revelation 1:3 (ESV) Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are