How Paul’s Focus On the King Impacted His Future. We’ve looked at Paul’s Past and we’ve looked at Paul’s Present and now, we get a glimpse into his Future. Paul has given Timothy some really difficult instruction throughout the first chapter of this letter. Maybe Paul’s wondering, “How is Timothy going to take it? Will he…
How Paul’s Past Reminds Us Not to Forget Ours. In 1 Timothy 1:12, Paul writes, “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.” (1:12) In verse 11, we read, “…which he entrusted to me.” (1:11), referring to God entrusting the Gospel to him….
“Such things promote controversial speculations…“ We’ve been studying 1 Timothy 1 this week. This morning, I’d like to look at the following passage: “As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to…
You can’t make people stay. These days, Christians tend to church-shop more than previous decades. Sometimes it’s because they’ve moved to another part of town or a different town altogether. Moves and career changes are far more frequent these days, and therefore, a person’s local church may change more frequently. Sometimes it’s a more personal reason,…
James’ Reminders for Making Big Plans In 2016 The hype of New Year‘s Eve is over. As we roll out of bed and make that first cup of coffee (or watch the sunrise with that last glass of champaign), some of us are wondering, “What will 2016 bring?“ Maybe some of us have started to plan out…
How Charlie Brown Keeps Christ In Christmas I watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” every year. If you haven’t seen it, here’s a snapshot: Framed within the context of a school play, Charlie Brown is frustrated with the commercialism that has taken over Christmas. He goes on a quest of sorts, to find the true meaning of Christmas….
Communicating With Our World: Part 5 Our last piece to Communicating With Our World is to Consider Creativity. Here’s a recap of what we’ve covered this week: Part 1: Christians Are…Annoying Part 2: Consider Compassion Part 3: Consider the Cost Part 4: Consider Culture In John 3:16, we read, “…God so loved the world that…
Communicating With Our World: Part 4 Our next consideration when Communicating With Our World is to Consider Culture. Getting back to John 3:16, we read “…God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him…” The key word in today’s post is “…whoever…” Whoever means whichever people group, whichever…
Communicating With Our World: Part 3 Yesterday, we considered compassion. This morning, we Consider the Cost as we strive to communicate with our world. Going back to our key verse, John 3:16, we see that “…God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son…” We read in the Old Testament that…
“In The Light” by DC Talk Since we’ve already mentioned the 90’s this week, I’d like to bring us back to 1995. 20 years ago, three men in a group called DC Talk wrote a song based on our key verse from this morning, 1 John 1:7, titled “In The Light”. This song immediately grew…
Communicating With Our Church: Part 4 The last post within our Communicating With Our Church series is to look at Our Results. 1 John 1:7 states that “..if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another…” Every bit of communication within the church should promote and encourage…
Communication With Our Church: Part 2 1 John 1:7 begins with “But if we walk in the light…” The light is Our Resource. In order to effectively communicate with our church we must first, make sure that we are walking with our key resource, “the light”, which can only come through our Saviour, Jesus Christ. To draw…