Topics covered include:
- Some of the Seed Fell on Stoney Ground
- Gladness – Tribulation – Stumbling
- The Church at Smyrna
- Do Not Fear – Rather, Fear Him
- Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
- Erich From on Mature Love
- Testing
- Polycarp – Bishop of Smyrna
- The Martyrdom of Polycarp
- Pliny’s Letter to Emperor Trajan
- Emperor Trajan’s Letter to Pliny
- The Didache on Tribulation
- Obedience to the Point of Death
Bible verses include:
- Mark 4:16-17
- Revelation 12:17
- Revelation 2:8-10
- Matthew 10:28
- 1 John 4:18
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
- Revelation 13:7, 15-17
- 1 Peter 4:1, 12
- Philippians 2:8
- Psalms 119:161
Additional resources:
- Quote – Erich Fromm, Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist on Immature/Mature Love
- The Martyrdom of Polycarp – The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna, Holmes, M.W. (1999) The Apostolic Fathers
- Pliny’s Letter to Emperor Trajan – BOOK X XCVI – Written c. 110ad
- Emperor Trajan’s Letter to Pliny – BOOK X XCVII – Written c. 110ad
- The Didache – The teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles by the twelve apostles.