Seven Letters to the Church
February 2024 Issue
About the author — Evan Heerema
Evan Heerema is a retired pastor who served churches in Washington state and in Michigan. He was also on the teaching staff at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for ten years. He and his wife are the parents of two daughters and the grandparents of two grandsons.
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Unveiling
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:1-3; 22:16
The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known...Read →
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Greeting
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:4-6
John, to the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was...Read →
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Hope
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:5b-7; Hebrews 10:19-25
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.Read →
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A Kingdom and Priests
Evan Heerema
Exodus 19:1-6; Revelation 1:4-6
To him who . . . has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him...Read →
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The One They Pierced
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:7-8
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on...Read →
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Jesus Revealed
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:9-16
I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the...Read →
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“Do Not Be Afraid”
Evan Heerema
Revelation 1:17-20
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said...Read →
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To the Church in Ephesus
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:1-7
“You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.”Read →
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A Severe Warning
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:4-6
“Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will...Read →
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Victory!
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:4-7; 22:1-5; Acts 19:17-20
“To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the...Read →
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To Smyrna
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:8-11
“Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.”Read →
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Looking Beyond Persecution
Evan Heerema
1 Peter 1:3-9
“Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.”Read →
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A Healthy Church’s Troubles
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:8-10; Acts 18:1-8
Paul devoted himself . . . to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. But when they . ...Read →
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To The Church in Pergamum
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:12-17
“These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet...Read →
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A Few Things
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:14-16
“I have a few things against you. . . . Repent therefore!”Read →
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Rewards Follow Repentance
Evan Heerema
John 6:30-40
“To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white...Read →
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Thyatira
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:18-29
“These are the words of the Son of God. . . .”Read →
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Alive for Good Works
Evan Heerema
Ephesians 2:6-10
“I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did...Read →
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Another Jezebel
Evan Heerema
Revelation 2:19-29
“You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet . . . [and] misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the...Read →
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Sardis
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:1-6
“I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up!”Read →
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Hope for Sardis
Evan Heerema
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Revelation 3:1-3
“I will put my Spirit in you and you will live. . . . Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken. . . .”Read →
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White Clothes
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:1-6
“Yet you have a few people . . . who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in...Read →
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Welcome to Philadelphia
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:7-13
“These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David.”Read →
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“You Have Little Strength, Yet . . .”
Evan Heerema
Psalm 34:1-22; Revelation 3:8-10
“I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”Read →
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Be the Church
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:11-13
“I will also write on them my new name.”Read →
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Lukewarm Laodicea
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:14-22
“ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So...Read →
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Rich but, Oh, So Poor
Evan Heerema
Hebrews 13:5-6; Revelation 3:16-18
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will...Read →
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Knock, Knock!
Evan Heerema
Revelation 3:19-22
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.”Read →
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