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Interpreting Scripture through Our Filters

Text: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Theme: Guidelines for women Key verses (from The Voice NT): “…here’s what I want to see…Women, the same goes for you: dress properly, modestly, and appropriately. Don’t get carried away in grooming yourself…Instead, as is fitting, … Continue reading

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Urging Prayer–First of All

Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Theme: The motivation and method of pleasing prayer. Key verses: “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness … Continue reading

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Avoiding a Tragic Shipwreck

Text: 1 Timothy 1:18-20 Theme: Faith in godly instruction and a good conscience are required to avoid shipwrecking our faith. Key verses: “Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction…so that by following them you may fight the good fight, … Continue reading

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Unparalleled Grace for Unparalleled Sinners

Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Theme: God loves pouring his favor on the unlikely and undeserving. Key verses: “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service” (v. 12). … Continue reading

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Don’t Throw the Baby (Law) Out with the Bath Water (False Teachers)

Text: 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Theme: The Law is good; lawbreakers and false teachers are not. Key verses: “We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous … Continue reading

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The Call of a Minister: Confrontation Rather than Comfort

Text: 1 Timothy 1:3-7 Theme: Sometimes our main purpose in ministry is to confront and correct. Key Verses: “…stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to reach false doctrines any longer nor devote themselves to … Continue reading

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Knowing Our Place–and His

Text: 1 Timothy 1:1-2 Theme: The first thing to know is who we are and who God is. Key verses: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, To … Continue reading

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Perfect Peace

“Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee” (Isaiah 26:3 KJV) “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” (Isaiah 26:3 NLT) What God said … Continue reading

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Rebels Unite!

Text: Romans 10:20-21 Theme: Israel was and is a rebellious nation. But then again, so are we. Key verses: “…’I was found by people who did not seek Me’…and as to the fate of Israel: ‘All along I opened my … Continue reading

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Spirit vs. Flesh: Which Is Better?

Text: Romans 8:5-8 Theme: Paul makes a strong case for the Spirit over the flesh to rule us. Key verses: “If you live your life animated by the flesh…then your mind is focused on the matters of the flesh. But … Continue reading

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