Posts Tagged: Thyatira

Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version As we conclude our series on Radiance: A Practical Study on the 7 Churches of Revelation, I want to end with a conclusion that will help tie things together.  You know, I set out on this journey, asking God to open my mind and… Read more

Reading: Matthew 6:19-34 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Right now I’m in the middle of a financial overhaul.  We’re trying to refinance both of our houses, and at the same time I’m trying to sell my car and buy a newer one.  I’ve been talking with my spouse, my… Read more

Reading: Romans 8:1-17 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Imagine living in Laodicea.  It was a city that had no water source, so like many Roman cities, it relied on aqueducts to channel in water from a nearby source or town.  Imagine on a hot, parching day in Eastern Turkey…. Read more

Reading: Matthew 21:1-17 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version If you’re into soap operas, then this year’s lead-up to the presidential election has brought you plenty of entertainment.  There’s back-stabbing, dirt digging, polarized commercials, lofty promises, and shady reputations.  Watching these candidates brand and market themselves is like watching a… Read more

Reading: Matthew 16:5-19 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version There is much debate over Jesus’ words to Peter in Matthew 16:19 – “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will… Read more

Reading: Hebrews 12:1-11 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version A woman, suffering from the loss of a family member, brushed past her pastor one Sunday morning. “How are you doing?” he jovially asked. “I’m hanging on,” she responded, overwhelmed by the weight of all that was going on. “Hanging on?… Read more

Reading: Colossians 4:2-6 Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Missionaries often talk about countries in terms of open or closed.  If they are an open country, it means that the government doesn’t put prohibitions or heavy restrictions on missionaries to come and spread the Gospel.  If it is closed, it… Read more

Reading: Matthew 7:13-23 Click here to listen to the Sunday sermon on Sardis Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Today’s passage assures us that there will be surprises on judgment day.  Some, who think they are going to heaven, indeed will not.  But before you get anxious about your own… Read more

Reading: Luke 18:18-30 Click here to listen to the Sunday sermon on Sardis Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Charles Templeton was an outspoken Christian leader during the mid 1900s.  Following his conversion to Christianity in 1936, he founded Avenue Road Church of the Nazarene in Toronto.  In 1946, he… Read more

Reading: Ephesians 6:10-20 Click here to listen to the Sunday sermon on Sardis Prefer listening to this message?  Click here for the audio version Those serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq will tell you that “complacency kills.”  In fact, it is the GI mantra that’s posted in every office, mess hall, and briefing room… Read more