Philadelphia was a small frontier town in what's now Turkey. It had been leveled by an earthquake and rebuilt, and most travelers only knew it as a place they drove through on the way somewhere else. In the sixth of the seven letters in the book of Revelation, Jesus writes to a church there and describes himself as the one who holds the keys: the door he opens, no one can shut.
Pastor Nate Bush looks at what that meant for a church with "little power," one whose own families had pushed some of its members out. He also looks at why so many of us spend our lives trying to earn a worth that never stays earned, through our jobs, our kids, and our marriages.
Revelation 3:7–13. Part of the series He Knows Us, from New City Church in Albuquerque, NM.
13 Sept 2026
Wake Up
Most of us know what it feels like to go through the motions. Showing up, doing the things, keeping it together on the outside — while something on the inside has quietly gone flat.
In this message, we look at a church that had a great reputation and almost nothing left behind it. Jesus doesn't mince words with them.
You can look alive and be dead. And the difference is more urgent than we may know.
6 Sept 2026
Bold Voices, Bad Ideas
Most of us have encountered someone who speaks with total confidence about something that turns out to be wrong. The boldness makes it hard to push back. The simplicity makes it easy to believe.
In this message, we look at a church that was doing almost everything right — and the one thing that was quietly unraveling it from the inside.
Confidence isn't the same thing as truth.
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