In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
In Revelation 2:12-17, we meet the Church in Pergamum, a group of Christians that one has to admire for holding fast to the name...
Although we work for the growth of the kingdom, it grows mysteriously in ways that we cannot understand or control.
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.
