We need to be close to folk who are going to give us Jesus' perspective, even if they don't have your money, your car, your house, and your clothes.

Dr. Tony Evans is no matter who we are, where we've been, or what we've done.

There's no escaping our common dependency.

We're all in need of the same grace.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

A lot of us go to great lengths to give the impression that everything is okay and we've got it all together.

But Dr. Evans says time spent trying to fake it to make it is meaningless when there's no connection

with God and eternity.

Let's join him in the book of Revelation as he challenges us to be authentic in our faith.

Laodicea was a wealthy city.

It would be akin to our common day Wall Street.

It was a very wealthy place to live, work,

and raise the family.

It was also known for its fashion industry.

In New York, you would call it the fashion district,

where they made fancy clothes that would go out

to the retailers to sell to the general public.

Not only was it a financial district and a fashion district, but the city of Laudicea was a pharmaceutical

district. It was known for its medical industry.

That is why you will see three areas, finance, fashion, and pharmaceuticals,

referred to in Revelation chapter 3, verses 14 to the end of the chapter.

Jesus, as he does in each one of these churches, introduces himself, as he wants you to see him now, the ruling king and head of the church. And he says in

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