{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Dear Church: The Church in Smyrna","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1848,"description":"It's better to let a church suffer and to prevent it. Today’s episode unpacks suffering, faith, and trust in Jesus.\nMessage Scripture Passage:\nRevelation 2:8-11\nSeries Thesis:\nKNOWING the truth doesn’t change anything. SUBMITTING to the truth changes everything.\nTopics Discussed Today:\n00:00 Intro.\n01:54 Recap and overview of the series resources.\n04:31 The strength of our faith and the strength of Jesus\n06:52 The New Testament was originally written to groups and communities of people, not to individuals.\n09:48 Did Jesus avoid rebuking the church in Smyrna just because they were already suffering so much?\n12:17 What does it mean when Jesus said Smyrna would suffer persecution for \"10 days\"?\n14:12 Discussion of the statement that \"A dead Jesus is a worthless Jesus.\"\n16:16 Trusting in Jesus rather than in teachers, pastors, and leaders.\n18:14 People who don’t flinch are the people who love Jesus, not the people who know theology.\n26:14 Difference between \"children of the empire\" or \"children of the kingdom.\"\n29:29 Persecution and Protection.","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}