Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The apostle Paul found immediately that in the new church in Thessalonica there was no vision, no structure, no staffing. Proverbs 29 tells us that without a vision people perish. Congregations have experimented with a wide variety of structures. I heard of one church where they decided to govern by consensus, in other words, every… Read more
Monday, August 28, 2023
Welcome to two of the least known and read books of the Bible, 1 and 2 Thessalonians. We hope during these next five days to change that narrative, encouraging each person to read these short books several times. Our introduction to this new congregation being formed in the city of Thessalonica comes from Acts 16… Read more
Friday, August 25, 2023
“Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do … Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ” (Colossians 3:22, 24). It’s one of the most controversial Bible passages for modern readers, and it was equally controversial for the earliest readers, but… Read more
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Clothes say a lot about us. At my high school, the clothes people wore were a giveaway for whether they were a band kid, theater kid, athlete, class officer, and so on. Grownups are no different. The clothes we wear are cues for the jobs we work, the events we attend, or the teams we… Read more