In the Church of England founded the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in order to send missionaries around the globe The motto they chose was transiens adiuva nos mdash Latin for ldquo Come over and help us rdquo This has been the call on gospel ambassadors since the first century as followers of Jesus take the message of His love and forgiveness to a world in desperate need of it nbsp The phrase ldquo come over and help us rdquo comes from the ldquo Macedonian call rdquo described in Acts Paul and his team had arrived at Troas [... more]

We begin our series on the letters to the seven churches of Revelation with an introduction of the message that Jesus prepared for seven nbsp congregations of Asia Minor nbsp [... more]

Persecution is not relegated to the ancient past So as Stephen takes us back in time to witness how believers in Asia Minor stood strong amidst great opposition we'll learn better how to respond to the antagonism we face today Access all of the lessons and resources in this series https www wisdomonline org special-delivery [... more]

Pergamum was a spiritual city with places of worship on every corner False doctrines particularly about immorality easily spread through the ancient church there In this message we hear Jesus' declaration that Pergamum was a place where Satan dwells What if our churches are doctrinally sound but morally impure This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at https www moodyoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

Twenty-four karat gold is percent gold with no impurities But that percentage is difficult to achieve Refiners most commonly use one of two methods for the purification process The Miller method is the quickest and least expensive but the resulting gold is only about percent pure The Wohlwill process takes a little more time and costs more but the gold produced is percent pure In Bible times refiners used fire as a gold purifier Fire caused impurities to rise to the surface for easier removal In his first letter to Christians throughout Asia Minor northern Turkey the apostle Peter used [... more]

More than a million young people take part in The International Letter Writing Competition each year In the theme of the competition was ldquo Imagine you are a letter traveling through time What message do you want to convey to your readers rdquo nbsp In the Bible we have a collection of letters that mdash thanks to the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit mdash have made their way through time to us As the Christian church grew Jesus rsquo s disciples wrote to churches across Europe and Asia Minor to help the people understand their new life in [... more]

Last week on the program pastor John MacArthur joined us to discuss Christ's Call to Reform the Church also the title of his new book based on the messages or letters Christ gave to seven churches in Asia Minor late in the first century MacArthur talked about these churches being illustrative of churches throughout history Two of the seven were remaining faithful but the other five were in various degrees of decline and compromise [... more]

In the opening chapters of the final book of the Bible Revelation Jesus writes a message to each of seven historic churches in Asia Minor modern-day Turkey Two of the seven churches received commendations for their faithfulness while five were warned to repent of their errant ways or there would be severe consequences So considering the Evangelical church in America today what do you think Jesus' message would be [... more]