Letters to Pergamum, Thyatira, and Sardis
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Those who stand on the stable foundation of Christ and His Word will withstand the coming judgment. Today, W. Robert Godfrey examines how the letters of Revelation encourage Christians to remain steadfast in a compromising world.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | So here is a very interesting picture of Jesus searching the church, distinguishing in the church |
| 0:08.8 | among those who are holding faithfully and those who are wandering. |
| 0:14.3 | And what he's calling on here is that Christians should not move from the truth. |
| 0:17.5 | They should follow their Savior. |
| 0:19.2 | They should stand firm to the end on what they are |
| 0:22.8 | committed to. |
| 0:27.7 | How much do we care about truth today? Are we concerned about false teaching and false practices in the church as Jesus is. |
| 0:39.3 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and thank you for joining us for this Saturday edition of |
| 0:43.9 | renewing your mind. |
| 0:46.3 | Jesus has very strong language in his letters to the churches in Pergamum, Thyatira, |
| 0:52.1 | and Sardis as era has crept in, and some are being deceived. |
| 0:58.3 | You can study all of these letters in Revelation, in fact the entirety of Revelation, |
| 1:04.1 | when you request the Blessed Hope series before midnight tonight with your donation. |
| 1:09.8 | Simply give your gift at Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:12.6 | and we'll get the DVD set to you. Well today, Ligeneer Chairman and Teaching Fellow, |
| 1:18.6 | W. Robert Godfrey, unpackes these three letters in the Book of Revelation, and he urges us |
| 1:24.6 | to hold fast to the revealed word of God. |
| 1:29.1 | Here's Dr. Godfrey. |
| 1:37.5 | We return now to our look at this first cycle in the book of the Revelation, |
| 1:39.5 | the letters to the seven churches, |
| 1:43.9 | and we're to the third letter to the church in Pergamum. |
| 1:48.3 | And to the angel of the church of Pergamum write, |
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