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 of Jesus in a city that Jesus called “Satan’s throne,” and even after one of their number had been killed for his faith. Although they were steadfast in resisting outside attacks, they were less vigilant about the beliefs and practices of their own members, so Jesus urged them to repent by practicing church discipline, or else he would have to come and practice it himself. As with all the churches, he promised rich blessings for those who would hear his words and conquer by their faith.
We left off the story at the end of Genesis with Joseph’s coffin in Egypt and his words about God visiting his people in...
When it looked like God had forgotten his people, he remembered his covenant promises.
With so much insistence in Galatians on our being right before God through faith in Christ and not by the works of the law,...