They stood side by side in the Ephesian church: men and women, sons and daughters, all drawn by the gospel. But something was not right. Worship had turned noisy. Men were quarreling. Women were dressing like wealthy socialites, more concerned with status than with worship. And in the chaos, Paul heard something deeper: a church …
Continue reading A Quiet Strength | What 1 Timothy 2:8–15 Really Says About Women in the Church
There’s a kind of prayer that only grace can teach. Not the desperate kind—though we’ve all cried those into the night. Not even the reverent kind—though heaven welcomes it. No, this is something deeper. It’s the kind of prayer that dares to lift up the names of rulers and adversaries, of presidents and persecutors, of …
Continue reading Why Christians Should Pray for Leaders (1 Timothy 2:1-7)
There are letters you frame and hang. Letters full of congratulations, affirmation, or joy. Then there are letters that feel like marching orders—gritty, sobering, and full of gravity. That’s what Paul sent to Timothy. “This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy…” (1 Timothy 1:18). The aged apostle didn’t sugarcoat it. Ministry, he told the …
Continue reading How to Avoid Shipwrecked Faith (1 Timothy 1:18-20)
Some people wear their resumes like armor. Paul wore his like a scar. In 1 Timothy 1:12–17, we meet a man who never forgot who he was—or what Jesus had done to change that. Paul doesn’t airbrush his past. He doesn’t trim the edges or downplay the shame. He opens the drawer and shows us …
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