A church in hiding cannot love opponents of the gospel. A church embroiled in battle cannot either. Paul proclaims a third rail. Engage opponents with... Read More
Paul and Timothy’s lives were dramatically reordered by the gospel. Paul longs for Timothy to prepare the church for this kind of radical life of sa... Read More
We live between the ascension and return of Christ. Our mission is urgent. So Paul’s invitation is earnest. He’s been spending his life for this c... Read More
When Paul exhorts redeemed people to fix their minds on things above, he is calling them to send our minds forward to eternity and to leave them there... Read More
Psalm 67 is a prayerful song that reflects God’s heart back to Him. God desires to bless a People from every people group on earth so that they migh... Read More
God entrusted this mystery of His gospel–the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ–to the apostle Paul, the letter’s author, to proclaim to the... Read More
Paul and Timothy express gratefulness for the future hope of the gospel and the present power of the gospel. Both realities are observable in the Colo... Read More
First century Thessalonica was extremely sexually “liberated” and the new believers in Christ who lived there were instructed by Paul and ... Read More
In this “go to” passage for forgiveness we learn from Jesus the 4 C’s of forgiveness from the heart – it is Countless, Costly,... Read More
The Sovereign Lord of the universe has issued an invitation to all who will hear: that He wants us to be citizens in His heavenly kingdom—diners at ... Read More
