From the lukewarm Laodicea to the overachieving Ephesus, these seven ancient congregations struggled with relatable problems. Revelation is often interpreted out of context based on current concerns ...

So, as I said earlier, I recently returned from a six-day tour of the sites of the Seven Churches of Revelation. That image above is from a pillar in the ruins of the 6th century Basilica of St. John ...

The death of Jesus Christ on the cross is not only a story of total surrender and eternal redemption. It is also a tale of all-embracing obedience on the part of St. John. On the cross, in His Seven ...

Tuesday's liturgy contains a reading from the message to the Church at Sardis, from the book of Revelation. Revelation contains seven messages written to "the seven churches, which are in Asia." Some ...

The book of Revelation contains a lot of things that are mysterious. Some are mysterious because of the symbolism it uses, but others are mysterious because what it is referring to is simply ...

Once a very important road in Asia Minor ran north along the Aegean coast from Ephesus into Smyrna and then to Pergamum. Another road that began at Pergamum ran southeast to Thyatira, farther south to ...