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What Kind of Desire Leads to Godly Leadership? 1 Timothy 3:1–7, Part 2
19 november 2024
What kind of desire sends men into ministry and keeps them there? Durable desire, servant-hearted desire, holy desire, informed desire, mature desire.
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Pastors Are Doing a Worthy Work: 1 Timothy 3:1–7, Part 1
16 november 2024
Do you honor your pastors? If they are doing what God calls them to do, they are doing good work, worthy work, work you should be thankful for.
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The Woman Shall Be Saved Through Childbearing: 1 Timothy 2:11–15, Part 3
12 november 2024
When Paul says women “will be saved through childbearing,” what does he mean?
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How Paul Roots a Woman’s Submission in Creation: 1 Timothy 2:11–15, Part 2
9 november 2024
The God-appointed callings of men and women are not arbitrary. They find their foundation in the very beginning, grounded in how God created us.
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‘I Do Not Permit a Woman to Teach’: 1 Timothy 2:11–15, Part 1
5 november 2024
When Paul encourages women to be quiet, what does he mean? Not total silence, but the kind of submissive speech that does not contradict the calling of men to lead.
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What Should Women Wear? 1 Timothy 2:8–10, Part 2
2 november 2024
When we dress to get attention, we signal our neediness. But the godly have their deepest needs already met, and they dress accordingly.
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Holy Men, Modest Women: 1 Timothy 2:8–10, Part 1
29 oktober 2024
Men and women may wrestle with different kinds of temptations, but the end goal for both remains the same: holiness adorned with good works.
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Paul, a Teacher of the Nations: 1 Timothy 2:5–7, Part 2
26 oktober 2024
Why did God appoint Paul to be a herald, an apostle, and a teacher? So that the offer of Christ’s ransom might be taken to the ends of the earth.
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One God, One Mediator, One Ransom for All: 1 Timothy 2:5–7, Part 1
22 oktober 2024
In what sense is Jesus the ransom “for all,” as Paul says, if many are never reconciled to God?
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If God Desires All to Be Saved, Why Aren’t They? 1 Timothy 2:1–4, Part 5
19 oktober 2024
If God desires all to be saved, but many are not saved, does God have a deeper desire that governs his desire for universal salvation?
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What Does It Mean to Be Godly and Dignified? 1 Timothy 2:1–4, Part 4
15 oktober 2024
What does a life of godliness and dignity look like? Such a life is marked by God-directed reverence, serious joy grounded in weighty truth, and settled maturity.
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How Should We Pray for Rulers? 1 Timothy 2:1–4, Part 3
12 oktober 2024
Paul encourages Christians to pray for kings and rulers, but to what end? What should we ask God to do in and through those who hold power?
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Should Exiles Pray for the King? 1 Timothy 2:1–4, Part 2
8 oktober 2024
In this world, Christians live as sojourners and exiles, citizens of heaven under the lordship of Christ. So, how should we relate to earthly rulers?
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Start with God, Stay with God: 1 Timothy 2:1–4, Part 1
5 oktober 2024
Our prayers should exclude no one. Kings and laymen, enemies and friends, rich and needy, wicked and righteous, near and far — we should pray for all kinds of people.
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How Satan Saves Sinners: 1 Timothy 1:18–20, Part 4
1 oktober 2024
In the sovereignty of God, even Satan can serve as a means of sanctification. But when is it right to surrender egregious sinners into his hand?
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How Does Rejecting Conscience Wreck Faith? 1 Timothy 1:18–20, Part 3
28 september 2024
When someone silences the voice of conscience and repeatedly prefers sin over the glory of the blessed God, faith ends up shipwrecked.
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Pastor, Soldier, Athlete, Farmer, Manager: 1 Timothy 1:18–20, Part 2
24 september 2024
What images does the New Testament use to depict leaders in the church? Paul gives us several in the Pastoral Epistles, and they are all needed.
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Wage War by Faith and a Good Conscience: 1 Timothy 1:18–20, Part 1
21 september 2024
When Paul talks about waging the good warfare, what does he mean? Where is the battle — and who are the combatants?
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Why Paul Soars into Doxology: 1 Timothy 1:17
17 september 2024
Paul handles glories all the time, touching majesty in almost every line. Yet what kind of reality compels Paul into a soaring doxology? Eternal life.
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Why Did God Allow Paul to Become a Persecutor? 1 Timothy 1:12–16, Part 4
14 september 2024
Why did God allow Paul, whom he would later call as an apostle, to become a Christ-persecutor and Christian-killer first?
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Faith and Love Are the Overflow of Grace: 1 Timothy 1:12–16, Part 3
10 september 2024
By his grace, God unites believers with Christ, and from that vital union, the Christian life of faith and love flows forth.
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Do Ignorance and Unbelief Deserve Mercy? 1 Timothy 1:12–16, Part 2
7 september 2024
Paul says that he received mercy because he “acted ignorantly in unbelief.” What does that mean? Did Paul’s ignorance merit God’s mercy?
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Was Paul Found Faithful or Made Faithful? 1 Timothy 1:12–16, Part 1
3 september 2024
We live the Christian life in the strength of another. When we believe, Christ not only saves us but also empowers us for fruitful labor.
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What Difference Does God’s Happiness Make? 1 Timothy 1:8–11, Part 3
30 augustus 2024
The happiness of the triune God beats at the very heart of reality: the Father has always delighted in the Son by the Spirit. All Christian joy finds its wellspring here.
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What Is Healthy Teaching? 1 Timothy 1:8–11, Part 2
27 augustus 2024
What is healthy teaching? Teaching that fits with the gospel, agrees with the words of Jesus, and promotes the hearers’ godliness.
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How Did the False Teachers Misuse the Law? 1 Timothy 1:8–11, Part 1
25 augustus 2024
God’s old-covenant law is good, but it can be applied in bad ways — such as by demanding that those justified by faith in Christ must keep it.
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Where Does Empty Talk Come From? 1 Timothy 1:5–7
23 augustus 2024
What does the state of our heart have to do with the content of our speech? Everything.
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God’s Household Plan for His Church: 1 Timothy 1:3–5, Part 2
20 augustus 2024
In his word, God has laid out his household plan, which aims to cultivate love, faith, and purity in his people. Do you know what that plan is?
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The Problem with Christian Speculations: 1 Timothy 1:3–5, Part 1
18 augustus 2024
What separates sound doctrine from speculations? Sound doctrine serves godliness, accords with the gospel, and agrees with the words of Jesus.
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The Fatherhood of God and the Lordship of Christ: 1 Timothy 1:1–2, Part 4
16 augustus 2024
Christians experience — not simply know — that God is our Father and Jesus is our Lord by the indwelling witness of the Holy Spirit.
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How Is Timothy Paul’s Child? 1 Timothy 1:1–2, Part 3
13 augustus 2024
Some relationships run much deeper than blood. The bond between a spiritual father and his children is forged in Christ and lasts forever.
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God Is Our Savior from What? 1 Timothy 1:1–2, Part 2
11 augustus 2024
Christians love to refer to Jesus as our Savior. But what exactly does Jesus save us from?
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An Apostle by Command: 1 Timothy 1:1–2, Part 1
9 augustus 2024
Why does Paul begin his letter to Timothy by identifying himself not only as an apostle, but as an apostle “by command of God”?
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Paul’s Authenticating Scars: Galatians 6:14–18, Part 5
6 augustus 2024
When Paul argues that he is an authentic apostle of Jesus, he points to the marks of persecution written on his flesh.
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Walk by Faith, Not Works: Galatians 6:14–18, Part 4
4 augustus 2024
Faith results in two wonderful blessings for the believer: a new standing before God and a new life empowered by the Spirit.
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Did Paul Really Boast Only in the Cross? Galatians 6:14–18, Part 3
2 augustus 2024
Why should Christians boast only in the cross? Because everything that we have as believers comes through the cross.
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What Is the New Creation? Galatians 6:14–18, Part 2
30 juli 2024
Only Christ can take an instrument of death and make it the place where a new creation comes into being. The way of life runs through the cross.
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The World Crucified to Me and I to the World: Galatians 6:14–18, Part 1
28 juli 2024
What does Paul mean when he says that the world has been crucified to him and he to the world? He no longer trusts and treasures the world. He trusts and treasures Christ.
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Requiring Circumcision and Breaking the Law: Galatians 6:11–13
26 juli 2024
Legalism in Paul’s day and legalism in our own day share a similar root: the desire to impress fellow humans.
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Hell and Heaven Are at Stake with Money: Galatians 6:6–10, Part 1
21 juli 2024
We may think that what we do with money matters little, but Paul teaches that where we choose to invest has eternal consequences.
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Is Boasting Good or Bad? Galatians 6:1–5, Part 4
19 juli 2024
The New Testament treats much boasting as sinful, but it also calls us toward a holy kind of boasting. So, how should Christians boast?
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Don’t Be Energized by Comparison: Galatians 6:1–5, Part 3
16 juli 2024
Do not determine the value of your work by comparing yourself with others. God calls each person to unique acts of faith, and comparison sours and spoils that calling.
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What Is the Law of Christ? Galatians 6:1–5, Part 2
14 juli 2024
What is “the law of Christ” — and how does our fulfilling of this law relate to justification by faith alone?
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How to Restore a Sinning Saint: Galatians 6:1–5, Part 1
12 juli 2024
Christian love is not passive. When love sees a brother or sister caught in sin, it does not shrink away but confronts in order to renew and restore.
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If We Have the Spirit, Why Commands? Galatians 5:22–26, Part 3
9 juli 2024
If Christians have the Spirit of God leading and guiding them, why does the New Testament issue over four hundred commands to obey?
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Keep in Step with the Spirit: Galatians 5:22–26, Part 2
7 juli 2024
Those made alive by the Spirit will keep in step with the Spirit. They will walk by the Spirit, sow to the Spirit, bear the fruit of the Spirit.
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The Fruit of the Spirit Is the Fruit of Faith: Galatians 5:22–26, Part 1
5 juli 2024
If the fruit of the Spirit is a miracle that God produces in his people, what can we do to cultivate that fruit?
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How Do We Inherit the Kingdom? Galatians 5:19–21, Part 2
2 juli 2024
How do Christians inherit the kingdom of God? Not by our work or merit, but by our union with the Son of God and offspring of Abraham.
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Practicing Sin Destroys the Soul: Galatians 5:19–21, Part 1
30 juni 2024
If you live in sin, practice sin, and die in sin, you won’t go to heaven. You won’t be happy with God forever.
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The War in the Christian Soul: Galatians 5:16–18, Part 4
28 juni 2024
How does God give us victory over the desires of the flesh? He reshapes and reorients our desires by his Spirit.