Some truths do not age.They do not wrinkle with time or bend beneath culture.They stand, quiet and strong, like old trees with roots deep in something unshakable. Paul’s words to Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:6–11 feel like that. Timeless. Steady. Unshaken. The apostle isn’t interested in ministry glitter or cultural applause. He tells his young …
Some letters are casual. Others are desperate. This one—Paul’s letter to Timothy—is sacred. It’s the kind of letter that reads like a father pressing a hand on his son’s shoulder just before a long journey. He leans in and whispers, “I hope to be there soon. But just in case I’m delayed… this is how …
Continue reading Why the Church Still Matters: A Reflection on 1 Timothy 3:14–16
They don’t usually take the microphone. They don’t stand in the spotlight. But they carry the church on their shoulders just the same. The men Paul describes in 1 Timothy 3:8–13 aren’t platform-dwellers. They’re not preachers or policy-makers. They’re deacons. Servants. Quiet helpers who do holy work in dusty corners and behind-the-scenes spaces. But Paul …
Continue reading The Boldness of the Quiet Ones (1 Timothy 3:8–13)
There are few roles on earth as weighty as the one Paul describes in 1 Timothy 3. It’s not a job, not a title, not even a calling in the way we sometimes overuse that word. It’s a trust. And it begins, not in the pulpit—but in the heart. “If a man desire the office …
Continue reading The Kind of Man God Trusts with His Church (1 Timothy 3:1-7)
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