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Sep 04, 2022

Turkey Overview

Passage: Revelation 2:1-3:22

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: John: Come and See

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: evangelism, john, gospel, paul

Theme: Why Turkey? 1/2 of the New Testament was written to and/or from modern day Turkey (Asia Minor). John most likely wrote all of his works from Turkey, mostly from Ephesus. Turkey is the launching pad for the Gospel to the World. It had an overwhelmingly Greek culture, with a pervasive worship of Greek gods. But once Rome took over, a layer of Roman Culture (along with Emperor worship) was layered on top. All this combined is shockingly similar to our current Western Culture, making Turkey and Scripture amazingly relevant.

Theme: Why Turkey? 1/2 of the New Testament was written to and/or from modern day Turkey (Asia Minor). John most likely wrote all of his works from Turkey, mostly from Ephesus. Turkey is the launching pad for the Gospel to the World. It had an overwhelmingly Greek culture, with a pervasive worship of Greek gods. But once Rome took over, a layer of Roman Culture (along with Emperor worship) was layered on top. All this combined is shockingly similar to our current Western Culture, making Turkey and Scripture amazingly relevant.