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A Tale Of Seven Churches
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 13, 2003 (message contributor)
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1. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Intro
Contributed on Feb 13, 2003
This is the first of eight sermons dealing with the Seven Churches of the Revelation
One letter, seven churches. Most of us are familiar with the Revelation of John, the last book in the New Testament, or at least we think we are. We’ve breezed through it pausing on the sensational bits, dragons, beasts with seven heads and ten horns and locust the size of Volkswagens. But for ...read more
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2. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Ephesus
Contributed on Feb 17, 2003
Part two of an eight part message looking at the 7 churches of Asia
It was the first of the seven. Out of all the church in all the countries Jesus singled out these seven to originally receive the message of the Revelation, but before they were to read the book Jesus had a message for them. You ever wonder why? Why not just jump in with all the weird and ...read more
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3. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Smyrna
Contributed on Feb 24, 2003
An eight part series concerning the Seven Churches of the Revelation and their relevance for us.
It happened 1848 years ago this very day. February 23, 155. His name was Polycarp and he was the bishop of the city of Smyrna. As a young man he had been a disciple of the Apostle John, but he was no longer a young man as a matter of fact he was eighty six years old. And February 23rd would be ...read more
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4. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Pergamum
Contributed on Mar 5, 2003
This is the third in an eight part series on the seven churches of the Revelation
It was the third of seven. The city of Pergamum, or Pergamos as it is called by some translations (It’s the same name simply the masculine and feminine forms) didn’t have the beauty of Smyrna nor the commerce of Ephesus however it was still a great city in it’s own right, a city of culture and ...read more
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5. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Thyatira
Contributed on Mar 8, 2003
This is the fifth in an eight part series concerning the eight churches of Asia
This is the fifth week of an eight week series and this morning we are looking at the fourth of seven churches. It’s interesting to note that this is the longest letter and yet it’s addressed to the church that was situated in the least important city of the seven. If we were to pull up our ...read more
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6. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Sardis
Contributed on Mar 31, 2003
This is part six of an eight part message on the seven churches of Asia.
So, where were we? Oh yeah, Sardis. We’ve looked at Ephesus, Pergamum, Smyrna and Thyatira and now we are on Sardis, which is the fifth of the seven churches that the letter in the Revelation was addressed to. If we pull up our trusty map we discover that Sardis was located in what we know as ...read more
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7. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Philadelphia
Contributed on Apr 7, 2003
This is number seven in an eight part series looking at the seven churches of Asia
And so here we stand, almost but not quite at the end of our journey. The scripture that Bonnie read earlier was the letter written by Christ to the Christians in the city of Philadelphia, which was the sixth of seven letters written to the churches in the area known then as the Province of Asia. ...read more
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8. A Tale Of Seven Churches: Laodicea
Contributed on Apr 14, 2003
This is the last in a series of eight sermons looking at the seven churches of Asia
And so he had come to the end of his journey. It seemed like a life time ago that he read the first letter to the church that was situated in the city of Ephesus. Since then he had travelled to five other cities and read to them the words of the risen Christ. Words of commendation and words of ...read more