I’m currently blogging my way through 1 Timothy. It’s a lot slower that I anticipated and so if you’ve only just joined the conversation please see these posts of where I’ve come to. As a quick reminder to the context of Paul’s writing to Timothy: The church in Ephesus where the young pastor Timothy is...
Previously, in former posts here we’ve examined Paul’s instructions concerning the gospel – that it should be guarded, celebrated and fought for. The church is surrounded by people who don’t know Jesus and we are on a great mission to save lives. How do we do that? Firstly, we pray – so says Paul in the previous...
The task is demanding but the promise is assuring Jeremiah was called to one of the most demanding positions in the nation of Israel: “a prophet to the nations” (Jer. 1:5). Unlike the calling of this father and grandfather, who were called to be priests, this was the calling to be a prophet. To speak...
Coming up on 31 October is the 500th anniversary of when Martin Luther famously posted his 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, formally beginning the Protestant Reformation. Because this is such a monumental event in the life of the Church, starting 1 October, we’ve decided to dedicate some time to...
