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Oct 4, 2021 7:21 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 6:11-21

In this text, Paul exhorts Timothy to flee, follow and fight. What is he to flee from? What is he to follow after? Whom and how does he fight?

Sep 27, 2021 7:48 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 6:1-10

In this text, Paul explains to Timothy why our work attitude matters to God, but cautions that being consumed with attaining wealth through our work will never satisfy...only godliness provides lasting contentment.

Sep 20, 2021 7:40 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 5:17-25

Paul wrote to Timothy that elders who were teaching pastors were worthy of double honor (respect and financial compensation.) However, any elder or teaching pastor who had dishonored the Lord through disqualifying sin will need to be confronted and rebuke

Sep 14, 2021 11:57 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 5:1-16

The question of who is responsible for caregiving to the elderly, and in particular widows, is not a new one. It had to be dealt with in the 1st Century as well as the 21st Century. Today we see Paul advising Timothy how to relate effectively to individua

Sep 8, 2021 6:21 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 4:11-16

Many pastors call this section of 1st Timothy the “Ten Commandments of Ministry” because in the space of six verses Paul commands young Timothy to do ten things. It’s interesting that Paul would select as a protégé someone wired so differently fro

Aug 29, 2021 12:32 PM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 4:6-10

We live in a society that suggests there is a quick fix to every problem. We’re suckers for anyone claiming to offer a proven way to lose weight or tone muscle effortlessly because we like quick easy answers to tough long-term problems. What doesn’t w

Aug 23, 2021 6:56 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 4:1-5

In my over thirty years of being a pastor, I have experienced people leaving this church and Christianity on occasion. Some were people who had been in church all or most of their lives who just decided one day they no longer believed in God...that they h

Aug 16, 2021 9:52 AM America/Chicago

1st Timothy 3:14-16

When we think of the Protestant Reformation we typically only concern ourselves with two of the three main tenets that caused Martin Luther to post his 95 theses (complaints) against the medieval Roman Catholic Church. However, we are less aware of the Pr

Aug 9, 2021 6:53 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 3.8-13

In this sermon we transition from the qualifications of elders who lead and teach to the qualifications for deacons/deaconesses who carry out, under the elders' oversight, some of the more basic but essential tasks of the church so that the elders could g

Aug 5, 2021 7:31 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 3:1-7 Part III

In this sermon we get to the third and final area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his parish life. A man can be a good husband and father, he can have a good reputation with outsiders, but the place where the rubber really me

Jul 26, 2021 6:43 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 3 1-7 Part II

In this sermon we get to the second area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his public life. A church with a leader who has a bad reputation in the community will find its testimony to that community hindered. Paul has said that

Jul 11, 2021 1:28 PM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 3:1-7 Part I

Paul writes that an elder candidate needs to be evaluated in three primary areas: His private life, his public life and his parish life. Today we will concentrate on the first of these: His private life.

Jul 5, 2021 7:09 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 3: Introduction

In Chapter 3 of 1st Timothy, Paul gives the criteria for elders, who seem to have the main responsibility for teaching and leading the church. Yet we find that many churches all reading the same Bible have come to very different conclusions about how the

Jun 28, 2021 6:15 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 2.11-15

We continue our study of one of the most controversial passages in the Bible. With reference to this text Egalitarians...those who believe there are no limits on women for any ministry or church office...ironically need to limit what Paul says here to a p

Jun 6, 2021 1:13 PM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 2.8-14

In this text we get into one of those areas where angels fear to tread…one of the most, without a doubt, controversial passages in the entire Bible. Emotions on this subject not only run strong they run deep…and more often than not, they run hot. Why

Jun 6, 2021 1:08 PM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 2.1-7

In this text Paul reminds Timothy of the importance of praying for the unbelieving and then for some inexplicable reason he specifically mentions those involved in the politics of civil government as needing much prayer.

May 26, 2021 8:56 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 1.18-20

Ministry is a battle field. No one engaged in a battle should ever be surprised when they get wounded…it is a reasonable expectation you might get wounded. It is a reasonable expectation there might be some casualties. In today's text, Paul exhorts Timo

May 17, 2021 6:48 AM America/Chicago

Timothy 1.12-17

In today's text Paul shares his dramatic testimony. Paul was grateful for the grace bestowed upon him which not only saved him but appointed him to service while at the same time enabling him to faithfully render the service to which he had been appointed

May 10, 2021 7:28 AM America/Chicago

Timothy 1.8-11

Last time we observed that false teaching does not, for it cannot, produce orthodoxy or orthopraxy. False doctrines, myths, and meaningless talk...no matter how confidently asserted, nevertheless remain unorthodox. This week Paul explains to Timothy the f

May 3, 2021 8:19 AM America/Chicago

1 Timothy 1-7

At one time or another we have all probably given some thought about what we would say if we knew we were going to die soon. If we knew we were going to see our loved ones only a few more times at best...what things would we want them to remember…what w