Ephesus Blog Posts

The Temple of Artemis (Artemision) (Show on the Map) A column and scanty pieces strewn on the ground are all that continues to be of the Seventh Wonder around the world.The temple of Artemis was on the site of an older forehead. Basing their assumpti...

Nothing can compare to the experience of authentic Turkey holidays where architectural delights merge seamlessly with breathtaking natural wonders. Never to be underestimated, Turkey holidays offer so much more that contemporary complexes and awe-ins...

The Persecuted Church “Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “The First and the Last, the One who was dead and came to life, says: 9 I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and...

In today's Wall Street Journal is an interesting story about the Martins.  They are a retired couple who sold their home in California and are now living around the world in various countries. They have visited a number of places I have written...

The Loveless Church Part 4 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience,...

The Loveless Church Part 3 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience,...

The Loveless Church Part 2 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience,...

Though Polycarp is not mentioned in the Bible, he was born during the New Testament age, converted early in life, and trained for the ministry by the apostle John himself. Polycarp and John remained friends for 20 years. They worked in churches 20 mi...

This study normally appears at noon on Saturdays. I thought I would include it here so you would know it is available! Doctrine Is A Stewardship 3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach...

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope, 2 To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 As I urged you when I went...

The Loveless Church Part 1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience,...

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are...

Orthodox Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ is one person, having both a human and a divine nature. Nestorius, powerful fifth-century preacher, disagreed. Two separate persons indwelled the incarnate Christ, he taught, one divine and the other hu...

When the apostle John addressed his readers as “my children,” he perhaps had in mind his pupil Ignatius, a young man whose name doesn’t appear in the New Testament but who figures prominently in early church history.

 Located about 200 miles miles from Istanbul is the Turkish town of Ephesus, Turkey.  It is the place where, according to the Bible, St. Paul was imprisoned and where Mary, the Mother of Jesus is reputed to have lived when she was...

Today Smyrna is called Izmir, and it is the third largest city in Turkey.

The church at Ephesus had a long history and was the most prominent one in the area.

Ephesus was called the "Queen of Asia": she was the proud capital of Ionia and chief harbor of proconsular Asia.

The location of the dramatic revelation of Christ recorded in this book was the island of Patmos, a small island in the Aegean Sea southwest of Ephesus and between Asia Minor and Greece.

He was about 30 when, walking along the shore, he listened to the liquid thunder of sea and surf. Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes 1:2 described his mood—Nothing makes sense! Everything is nonsense. I have seen it all—nothing makes sense!