Tuesday, September 12, 2023
But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.” Fall is hurricane season for the Southeast, and the U.S. has already experienced a couple this year. The devastation is heartbreaking as… Read more
Monday, September 11, 2023
Meet Timothy, a young disciple, appointed by Paul to bring the good news to God’s people around the region of Eastern Turkey. Paul is writing him a letter of encouragement because not only is he young, but his faith is also new and on fire! Paul is concerned that Timothy might waiver in his faith… Read more
Friday, September 8, 2023
These final chapters in 1 Timothy remind us how important it is to distinguish between descriptive and prescriptive text. If we read 1 Timothy 5-6 as prescriptive (think about a prescription that the doctor prescribes; it tells us how to do something), we’d have some odd behaviors for our context in what it means to… Read more
Thursday, September 7, 2023
It is an unfortunate and sometimes true argument in our day that Christians are hypocrites, and that’s reason enough for others to decide not to check out the Jesus thing. This isn’t new; it was an issue that Paul addressed to Timothy, too. Rather than marinate too long on the issues, Paul moves quickly to… Read more