17. The Letter to the church in Pergamum (Rev. 2:12-17, 11/3/2019)

The church in Pergamum seems to have landed in a compromise between the stalwart orthodoxy of the church in Ephesus, and the loving service of the church in Thyatira. In Pergamum, the Roman provincial capital, the Christians met with great fortitude the challenges confronting them at the 'front door,' but neglected the more insidious invasion entering through the 'back door.'