“One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying. She and ...

This Lydia was a worshiper of God ... to Paul that he needed to stay at her house while he was in the town of Thyatira. “And she persuaded us,” reads Acts 16:15. Of course, not every ...

One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshipped God. As she listened to us (Paul and Silas), the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

Lydia, therefore, was the first person to become Christian in what we would now call the West (though ironically she, herself, was from Thyatira, in the East). What we know of Lydia is limited to a ...

A few thoughts about Lydia's story: She is likely a wealthy and well-known person in the city of Thyatira. As a businesswoman she likely has not only education and skill but also strength and ...

In the midst of Paul’s second missionary journey, he had a vision that prompted him to go at once to preach in Macedonia (formerly a Roman province adjacent to Achaia/Greece). During this first ...

In Revelations 2:18-29, the Lord spoke about the Church of Thyatira - a church corrupted with the evil deeds of Jezebel. They are everywhere in the world today and I'm sure very few have paid ...