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Sardis (Revelation 3:1–6): admonished for – in contrast to its good reputation – being dead; cautioned to fortify itself and return to God through repentance (3:2–3) Philadelphia (called Alaşehir since 1390; Revelation 3:7–13): known as steadfast in faith, keeping God's word and enduring patiently (3:10)
Revelation 3 is the third chapter of the Book of ... “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ... According to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown commentary, ...
It was one of the Seven Churches of Asia mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation, by John the Apostle. From 325 AD it was the see of a bishop under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan of Sardis. [1] The bishopric of Philadelphia was promoted to metropolis in ca. 1190, during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos (1185 ...
In the letters to the early Christian churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a synagogue of Satan (Greek: συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ, synagoge tou satana), in each case referring to a group persecuting the church "who say they are Jews and are not".
Clavis Apocalyptica (1627), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Joseph Mede. [83] Anacrisis Apocalypseos (1705), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Campegius Vitringa. [84] Commentary on the Revelation of St. John (1720), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Charles Daubuz. [85] The Signs of the Times (1832), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Rev. Dr ...
For many years, Barnhouse held a Bible class on Monday evenings at St. Luke's Lutheran Church near Times Square in Manhattan, which lasted until his death. In 1931, Barnhouse began publishing Revelation, a magazine which published his sermons, expositions, and religious interpretations of current events. Revelation was published until 1950. [3]
“And Christ Church is a perfect example of kind of weathering that storm.” The church was founded in 1695 by a group of Philadelphia colonists as the first parish of the Church of England in Pennsylvania. Congregants later included slaves and their owners, loyalists and patriots. They listened to sermons favoring and opposing independence.
He was also the pastor of Philadelphia's historic Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1968 to 2000. Under Boice's leadership and teaching of Christian beliefs, Tenth Presbyterian Church became a model for ministry in America's northeastern inner cities, offering a range of classes, fellowship groups, and specialised outreach ministries to the ...