Nearly two thousand years ago, the risen Christ delivered seven remarkable messages to seven churches in Asia Minor. Recorded in the opening chapters of Revelation, these messages were directed to real congregations facing real challenges. Yet they were never intended only for the first century. The warnings, encouragements, and promises continue to echo through history. Every generation reads the letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea and inevitably asks a question:
Daniel J. Grace (Mon,) studied this question.