This is "It Is Written". I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. In the well-known children's story, too hot is too hot, too cool is not warm enough, but somewhere in the middle things were just right. So why is it that in the [...]

The nation of Turkey has a fascinating history. The early Christian church made a major impact here. Three books of the New Testament were written to churches in what today we call Turkey. Ephesus, Colossae, and Galatia were all located in Turkey. [...]

This is "It Is Written". I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. The book of Revelation puzzles a lot of people. It uses a lot of symbolic language, and so you read about a beast that rises up out of the sea and another that rises [...]

Thousands of years ago, nestled among these mountains, was an ancient city, a rich and powerful city, filled with palaces and temples, monuments, and theaters. But while most of the city's wonder and majesty has been lost to time, we're [...]

Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey, Izmir is a beautiful bustling coastal city of more than 3 million people. It's a port city, and it's a tourist destination, especially as it's only 35 miles from Ephesus. But while Izmir is a [...]

Welcome to Turkey. People have been living here longer than almost anywhere else on the planet. It's played an important role throughout history. Ancient ruins dot this storied land. The Trojan War took place here. Alexander the Great conquered [...]

The title of this message is "What Makes God Sick". Revelation chapter 3, verse 14. This is the last of the seven letters that Jesus gave to the churches in Asia Minor. It is a kind of message to Last Days believers. Many believe that [...]

We're in a series called SEVEN, taking a look at what Jesus said to the churches in the second and third chapters of the book of Revelation, so you can begin finding Revelation chapter 3. And the church that we have under the glass today where [...]

Take your Bibles and turn with me now to the third chapter of the book of Revelation. This is Jesus' message to the churches and to the church. "He who has ears, let him hear". So this is not only for the church then, but the church [...]

Take your Bibles and turn with me to the book of Revelation chapter 2. This is our series called "SEVEN: TO THE VICTORS", and it concerns the church and what Christ thinks about His church yesterday, today and forever. In Revelation [...]

We invite you to take God's Word now and open to the second chapter of the book of Revelation chapter 2. And this message that Jesus gives directly. What are the last words of Jesus recorded in the Bible? Right here in Revelation 2 and 3, and [...]

If you will begin finding Revelation chapter 2, let me remind you that these 7 churches are real churches, historically connected, they were really multi-site campuses. 7 churches at multi-locations around the Aegean Sea, surrounded by Ephesus and [...]

We are beginning a brand new series of messages from God's Word called "7 To the Victors" and it is taken from Revelation chapter 2 and 3. So begin finding in your Bibles the second chapter of the book of Revelation. "To the [...]

Alright, so we are concluding our series called "The Seven Churches of Revelation" this weekend. This will be the last church, the seventh church. It's the church at Laodicea. And you probably know what most Bible titles would title [...]

So, let me just review for a moment, we're on the sixth church, but the first five churches. Alright? And that way, I want you to think about, if you've missed one of these and you meant to go back and listen to it, and you forgot, that [...]

So, we are going to continue our series. We are on the fifth church, which is the church in Sardis. I told Debby that, she said, "What church is it this week"? I said, "Sardis". She said, "Stardust"? I said, "No, I [...]

So, we're in a series called The Seven Churches of Revelation, and this week is the fourth church and the title of the message is Resist the Enemy. This is the church at Thyatira, and Thyatira was the smallest city of the seven cities, but they [...]

Hey, everyone. It's good to see you. I just want to let you know about something, if you haven't heard about it. The way this sounded was, 'cause I'm going to say something about The King's University. Well, you heard about [...]

To the angel of the church of Ephesus, return to your first love. God did not design us to be reservoirs. He designed us to be rivers. For a reservoir to not become stagnant, it must have two things. It must have water flowing in and water flowing [...]

All right, we're beginning a new series called "The Seven Churches of Revelation". You've been waiting for this series. You've been wondering, "Pastor Robert, when you're gonna preach on the Seven Churches of [...]

Did you know the New Testament contains seven very personal letters that were written by Jesus to seven churches located in modern-day Turkey? And did you know those letters are relevant to us today? This is our third program in a series on the [...]

Jesus returned to this earth in 95 AD when He appeared to the apostle John on the Isle of Patmos. He dictated letters to seven churches that were located in modern day Turkey. Two of those letters were addressed to a pagan church and a dead church. [...]

The words of Jesus are quoted throughout the New Testament, but did you know that the only Scripture that He wrote directly is contained in the book of Revelation in the form of seven letters to seven churches. All of which were located in the area [...]

In 95 AD, Jesus returned to this earth and dictated seven letters to seven churches located in modern day Turkey. The last two of those letters are studies in contrast. One was written to a Spirit-filled church that was on fire for the Lord. The [...]

65 years after his death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus returned to this earth to the Isle of Patmos where He dictated seven remarkable letters to seven churches located in modern day Turkey. Are these letters relevant to you and me today? And if [...]

The first thing we're going to learn about is the church's exit from the earth, the church's exit from the earth. Here are some reasons why we know that the church goes to heaven, if I can say it in this way, between the third chapter [...]

The Lord describes the church of Laodicea in very unflattering terms. He says the church is neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm. Here was a church that was materially well-fixed, a church that considered any activity for the Lord to be unnecessary [...]

The letter that was written to the church in Philadelphia was totally positive. All of the other letters, you know, the Lord said, "I have this against you, and you have done this, and you know, here's some good things about you, and [...]

Seven hundred years before John wrote this letter to the church, Sardis was one of the greatest cities in the world. It was situated in the midst of the valley of the river Hermus. And in that valley were the unusual spurs of Tmolus Mountains. On [...]

I don't think I've ever seen the church of Jesus Christ in such disarray and confusion as it is today. Interestingly enough, many of the problems that we are facing today are the problems that were a part of the early church. Now, unlike [...]

The Bible tells us that the destination of this letter was to a place called Pergamos. Pergamos describes a sort of union of pagan cathedral city, a university town, and a royal residence. And if you were to follow it on the map, you would discover [...]

What do you say to somebody who is suffering? How do you counsel people who are going through great times of sorrow and tribulation? What would you say to an individual whose family has been torn apart because of the stand they have taken for [...]

These are real letters that were written to real churches, that were located in real cities in real countries. In fact, these were churches kind of like our church. John knew these churches. He had visited some of them. He knew about them. He knew [...]

What does Jesus look like? I mean, the answer is, of course, "We don't know". None of us have ever seen him. We don't know what Jesus actually looked like, but we can make some assumptions that when he walked upon this earth, he [...]