The things we value today are so different in our churches in many cases than what

God values. This is Nancy Demoswagamuth. We value public perception and

reputation of our churches, our PR kits, our press releases, our write-ups. We

value that more than we value purity and integrity of heart. We're more impressed

with our programs than we are desperate for the power of God. And if that's true

in our churches today, you know it can be true in our own hearts, too. This is

the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy Demoswagamuth, author of Let's Go to

Church, Proctober 6th, 2023. I'm Danna Grasch.

Jesus, of course, didn't send emails. He dictated seven messages for John to

write down seven letters. We find out at the beginning of the book of

Revelation, Nancy's devoting one series to each this fall. This week we're

focusing on a church that made Jesus sick. This series is called The Cure for a

Lukewarm Faith. Here's Nancy. Part of me would rather teach something that is

easier to hear. Something that's not quite so confrontational. Something that's

a little more palatable. And, you know, I don't want to be a negative person. I

don't want to always be decrying evil. I want to be pointing out the things that

are positive. And in many of these letters, Jesus does point out the things that

are positive in the church. And when we see those, we need to point it out. But we

come here to a letter where there is nothing positive to be said about this

church. And in order to be true to the Scripture, I have to expose it. What

it says. So I'm not trying to be weighed down and heavy in my tone. But we've got

to be true to what Jesus says in his Scripture. And if we will listen to his word,

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