The leaders presenting false teachings were influenced by doctrines of demons, motivated by the love of money, and recently widowed women were mooching off the church to live their lives as busybodies and says as well as doing things they ought not. Paul shares with Timothy how to minister in these situations and encourages him…
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1 Timothy 1 – 3
Pastor Carl begins a new study in the book of 1 Timothy. The church at Ephesus had some leaders that twisted the Old Testament to present new exciting and yet false doctrines. Paul sent his protege Timothy to go lead the church and bring them back to the simplicity of proclaiming the Gospel.
2 Thessalonians 1 – 3
Between the first and second letters to the Thessalonians, they received a letter purportedly from Paul that said they had missed the rapture and were in the midst of the Day of the Lord. In an attempt to keep them from abandoning the faith altogether, Paul writes 2nd Thessalonians to say they had not missed…
I Thessalonians 4 – 5
Paul wraps up his letter with a plea for purity, walking counter-culturally and reflecting the holiness of Christ instead if the immorality of the world. That includes living a quiet and peaceable life, not being busy bodies and looking to the soon return of the Lord. All of that accomplished in the power of the…
1 Thessalonians 1 – 3
Pastor Carl begins a study of First Thessalonians, a group that was established in the Gospel in just 2 1/2 weeks! Paul and Silas had to leave town because of the envious Jews who stirred up a riot about them. Paul longs to visit and grow in Jesus and is encouraged to hear they too…
2 Corinthians 12 – 13
Powerful visions pointing people to heaven… how powerful are they when accompanied by a false gospel pointing to another Jesus? The Apostle Paul expresses his concern over the Corinthian church falling for the schemes of false teachers and their accompanying accusations against Paul.
2 Corinthians 8 – 9
Giving God’s way is a gift of grace. The Apostle Paul urged the Corinthians to exercise that gift by following through on their commitment to aid the church in Jerusalem. The Lord gave, so let us give!
2 Corinthians 6 – 7
Now is the time to walk in your salvation. Now is the time to be holy in the Lord. Now is the time to avoid commitments in relationships or in business with non-believers and to be yoked with fellow believers.
Job 32 – 37
Young and mysterious Elihu shows up and after patiently waiting shares the glories and majesty of God. He also says Job is being disciplined by God for some sin he has committed, so joining the ranks of his older and “wiser” predecessors.
2 Corinthians 4 – 5
The Gospel is veiled to those who do not believe, who the devil has blinded! Yet God uses us, folks fragile as jars of clay, to shine the light of the Gospel and open eyes that were blind. And now we plead, “Come back to God!”