Message to ancient church sounds as if it could be modern

Selection from Revelation offers graphic scolding

Archaeological site at what once was the Laodicea of the New Testament. Photo by Gargarapalvin, courtesy of Wikimedia. CC-ASA 4.0 International license.

Late in the first century CE, the people of Laodicea in what is now Türkiye had it made. The city was along popular trading routes and was a center for banking and the production of expensive items such …