A Disciple is Strong
After appealing for qualities such as courage, willingness to suffer, and faithfulness, Paul borrowed images from daily life to illustrate the traits necessary for effective...
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A Disciple Imitates
Paul urges Timothy to remain faithful to Jesus despite hardship. For Paul, faithfulness requires specific spiritual qualities. Timothy will need courage (reference back to vv....
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A Disciple Knows Joy
Paul doesn’t begin with a sense of urgency to combat the invading heresy as he does in I Timothy. Instead, the apostle opens with a...
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Will The One Who Contends With The Almighty Correct Him?
This summer series aims to accomplish three goals: (1) spend the summer in key Old Testament passages; (2) understand why an omniscient God would ask...
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What Are You Doing Here?
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Is It Right For You To Be Angry?
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Where Are You?
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What is Your Foundation?
Today’s message brings the Sermon on the Mount to a close. Jesus gave an invitation to respond to His truth. He did it through the...
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Judgment and Discernment
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus moves from personal temptations to interpersonal temptations. He warns against inappropriate judging (v. 1-5) and commends appropriate evaluation...
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Going Against The Flow
As Jesus nears the end of the Sermon on the Mount, he encourages persistence in praying to the Father, gives us the Golden Rule, and...
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Your First Priority
In verses 19-24, Jesus emphasized that we have to choose between serving God or stuff (mammon). That choice has another natural consequence – anxiety. If...
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Where is Your Treasure?
In the first half of Matthew 6, Jesus describes the believer’s private life (giving, praying, fasting); in the second half he is concerned with our...
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