Category: Bible
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Saturday, Revelation 3:1-6
Sardis is like a place where forty years ago everything was awesome, but now it is just a washed up has been, nevertheless tourists still come by because of the reputation. You know, kind of like DisneyWorld. 1. To the angel of the church of Sardis write these things: The one who has the seven…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Friday, Revelation 2:18-29
Today’s reading is the letter to Thyatira. Thyatira is one of those words that I enjoy pronouncing — it is so much fun to say it. Take a moment or two and just say it out loud over and over — Thyatira. Isn’t that fun. Too bad the words Jesus has for them aren’t really…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Thursday, Revelation 2:8-17
We have two of the Lord’s letters in today’s reading — Smyrna and Pergamum. 8. To the angel of the church in Smyrna write these things: The first and the last, the one who was dead and lived, says, 9. ‘I know your distress and poverty, but you are rich. I also know the blasphemy…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Wednesday, Revelation 1:17-2:7
The reading for today takes us from the end of John’s introduction to Jesus in Revelation into the first of the seven letters. 17. When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Do not fear. I myself am the first and…