{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Dear Church: The Church in Pergamum","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2038,"description":"So far in this series, we’ve looked at the unexpected messages to three churches in modern-day Turkey.\nIt’s better to have no church than an unloving church.\nIt’s better to let a church suffer than to prevent it. \nIt’s possible for a church to stand up for Jesus while standing against Jesus.\n Today, we spend quite a bit of time looking at practical steps to reflect Jesus properly so we stand for him and don't stand against him.\nMessage Scripture Passage:\nRevelation 2:12-17\nSeries Thesis:\nKNOWING the truth doesn’t change anything. SUBMITTING to the truth changes everything.\nTopics Discussed Today:\n00:00 Intro\n01:36 Symbolism in the letter to Pergamum\n02:50 Jesus shows his intimate familiarity with each church\n05:31 John's isolation lends validity to the message from Jesus\n05:45 Which John wrote this letter\n08:49 Bringing out unexpected messages in this series\n12:02 This passage beautifully plays out our series thesis\n13:41 Practical steps to reflect Jesus properly\n14:52 Loving well\n18:12 Navigating loving and kindness in the workplace\n22:12 Using wisdom to engage instead of affirming or celebrating\n25:49 The emphasis is on what's happening inside the church, not outside the church\n27:37 The big problem with the American church is lovelessness and rudeness\n30:24 We love to focus on the sins of the \"out\" group, not the sins of the \"in\" group","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}