Welcome to our exploration of some of the most studied passages in the Bible, the seven letters to the seven churches. Our first message, A Letter to the Love-Lacking, tackles Revelation 2:1-7, where Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, recorded by John, writes a warning letter to the Church in Ephesus. Although they are admirably serving, sacrificing, steadfast, separated and suffering, the Ephesians have lost their fire for the Lord. They've become apathetic and irreverent. Are we like the Ephesians? Their only hope—and ours—is to repent to love, and to repent to live!
Today, as we unpack 1 Kings 17: 17-24, we learn that Elijah trusts God for miracles even in the face of terrible tragedy. The...
What do you need to live? Food, water, shelter, relationships? In Mathew 4:4, Jesus confronts temptation of physical food with truth; truth that God's...
Wealth is not sinful in and of itself. God blessed many of his faithful servants (consider Solomon) with a gift of wealth. But with...