September 3, 2019
Take-Away’s from Revelation 3:7-13, Safe in the Hour of Trial. To the Church in Philadelphia Pastor’s Main Idea: In this world we will have trouble; hold fast to Christ and He will reward your loyalty. The pastor said on Sunday, coming into weekly contact with the Scriptures like we do every week promotes O_____________, R___________… Read More »
August 23, 2019
Dr. Kelly B. Burton Take-Away’s from Revelation 3:1-6, Wake Up Church. Main Idea: God wants you to grow and to change; wake up out of your spiritual slumber. Sardis was built on an acropolis, a natural citadel, out of reach from the enemy. Remembering their city’s history, what reason did the pastor give for Jesus… Read More »
August 15, 2019
Dr. Kelly B. Burton Take-Away’s from Revelation 2:18-29. Too Late for Jezebel Main Idea: Purity matters to God; don’t overestimate your power to resist sin. In 2:18 Jesus states emphatically that He is the Son of God. We already know that, right? So, a suitable interpretive question might be, Who in the church at Thyatira… Read More »
August 12, 2019
Dr. Kelly B. Burton Take-Away’s from Revelation 2:12-17, Promiscuous Pergamum “Conversion is a turning into the right road; the next thing is to walk in it. The daily going on in that road is as essential as the first starting if you would reach the desired end. Perseverance is as necessary to a man’s salvation… Read More »
August 4, 2019
Dr. Kelly B. Burton Take-Away’s from Revelation 2:8-11, Spiritually Rich Smyrna The pastor’s Main Idea for this sermon was, God is not asleep at the wheel; He is fully aware of your trouble. Remain faithful to Him and He will give you the crown of life. What one factor makes this letter different from the… Read More »
July 30, 2019
Take-Away’s from Revelation 2:1-7, Lackluster Love It is not hard to tell what you are in love with. The church at Ephesus highlights how decent hard-working church members can be doctrinally deep and spiritually sound but be ineffective for the kingdom of God. Ephesus abandoned the __________ they had at first. In what Book and… Read More »
July 22, 2019
Take-Away’s from Revelation 1:9-18, The Glory of Christ Where there is no imperative command to the readers, then we look for worthy attitudes to mimic in the human characters of the text. Sometimes we are shown sinful attitudes to avoid in the human characters. John, our brother in the faith, models the kind of attitude… Read More »
July 18, 2019
Take-Away’s From Revelation 1:1-8, On the Lookout The author is John, marooned on the island of Patmos. The audience is seven churches located in SW Asia Minor; because there are seven, we can interpret that to mean all churches, of all time. The repetition of 1:3, 1:4, 1:7 and 1:8, clue us in to the theme… Read More »
