Archive for the ‘1&2 Tim; Titus’ Category

  • E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture

    Aug 19, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture
    E100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture

    This passage, which begins and ends with Paul’s suffering, centres on Scripture. It contains the verse which in Evangelical circles is probably the second best known (after John 3:16) Bible reference of all (more rightly it should be two verses, since one cannot understand 2 Tim 3:16 without the purpose declared in 2 Tim 3:17). [&hellip...

  • E100-88: 2 Timothy 2:1 – 26: Good Soldiers of Christ

    Aug 18, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-88: 2 Timothy 2:1 – 26: Good Soldiers of Christ
    E100-88: 2 Timothy 2:1 – 26: Good Soldiers of Christ

    There are two takeaways from this chapter. The first is the lovely poem (or verse from a hymn) in vv.11-13 If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; 13 if we are [&hellip...

  • E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?

    Aug 17, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?
    E100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?

    Sometimes it is the very people who respect the Bible most who are moost tempted to censor Scripture. This passage is a fine example of how we are tempted to massage Scripture to remove “difficulties” and make it sound more like something our world can understand. Why does our reading begin at v.3? The chapter [&hellip...

  • E100-86: 1 Timothy 3:1 – 3:16: Leadership in the churches

    Aug 16, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, E100Comments Off on E100-86: 1 Timothy 3:1 – 3:16: Leadership in the churches
    E100-86: 1 Timothy 3:1 – 3:16: Leadership in the churches

    In this chapter Paul sets out some simple effective rules for Timothy about who are suitable people to be leaders in churches in particular he deals with “Bishops” and “Deacons”. Deacon means very different things today in Anglican and in Baptist churches, to name only two of the bewildering variety of leaders called “deacon” (all [&hellip...

  • E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles

    Aug 15, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, 5 Steps, E100Comments Off on E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles
    E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles

    The “Pastoral epistles” 1 & 2 Tim and Titus offer advice to two young companions of Paul’s travels called to church leadership – Timothy, in the big city of Ephesus and Titus on the island of Crete. There is even more debate about whether these letters were written by Paul than was the case for [&hellip...