The following is part 2 of a 4 part series by Mark  Driscoll of Mars Hill Church on  the letters of Jesus to seven churches, as transcribed  by John.

Revelation 1:9-20

⁹ I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet ¹¹ saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

http://download.marshill.com/files/2012/04/22/20120422_a-message-to-seven-churches_sd_audio.mp3

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go. Hebrews 11:8

What does it mean to live by faith? Dr. Lloyd-Jones examines the significance of Abraham's relationship with God, and our trust in the one true king, Christ Jesus.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/living-grace/listen/by-faith-abraham-244977.html#Download

John Ortberg and Louis Zamperini discuss his life and trials in Ortberg's sermon series on Unbroken.

http://mppc.org/media/sermons/120122_jortberg_0930.mp3