217. 2-Tim Week 4 - Don’t Quarrel over Words but Gently Guide People to God’s Word

217. 2-Tim Week 4 - Don’t Quarrel over Words but Gently Guide People to God’s Word

Christians have been arguing with each other since Jesus ascended. What conversations are worth having, and which ones are a waste of time? Nearly two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul gave his younger associate, Timothy, wise leadership advice on this very issue: what conflicts to avoid and where to engage.

216. Stay Passionately Connected to Jesus!

This week Jamie Gonzalez will teach from 2 Timothy on how to stay passionately connected to Jesus to victoriously endure to the end.

215. Guard the Gospel Courageously

Paul wrote Timothy a letter to challenge him to guard the gospel courageously. Christianity was not cool in the Roman Empire. The cultural pressure was firmly against the gospel, intellectually, politically, and morally. If you wanted friends and respect, you would not be a Christian. Being a Christian could not only get you canceled and cost you business, but be beaten by the police of the day, thrown in jail, and even killed.

214. 2 Timothy 1:1-8

We’re starting a new series today focusing on a letter from the New Testament, 2nd Timothy. In some ways this particular letter functions a little bit like my husband’s letter to me in that Paul wrote it to encourage Timothy to trust in what he already knew to be true only this time, in the truth of the gospel.

213. Embrace Your Victory in Christ

Paul wrote First Corinthians chapter 15 to give people hope. It is the chapter on resurrection in the Bible. In 1 Corinthians chapter 15 Paul describes Christ’s resurrection, and how his resurrection can give you victory.