I know your head probably popped off your pillow this Monday morning thinking about reading this devotional. You ran downstairs, made a cup of coffee, grabbed your well-worn Bible, and sat down in your [...]

  Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – [...]

The faithful members of the Church at Thyatira were embattled from without and within. They had to swear an oath to Caesar in order to join a workers’ guild and be allowed to work in [...]

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. [...]

    When the Lord looks at us with “eyes like blazing fire” it seems that kind of penetrating gaze might hurt terribly.  It might blind us forever.  We might lower our heads, drop to [...]

“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your [...]

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – [...]

John reveals promises from God to the church of Pergamum for those who overcome persecution and heresy.  Those who are faithful will receive “hidden manna” and a “white stone with a new name”. These [...]

It’s fascinating to study John’s assessment of the churches of his time. We can learn so much from his insights.  Pergamum’s culture was pluralistic and residents could worship any god they chose — as long [...]

But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would [...]