Refining Marriage Small Groups
Marriage is a covenant that thrives on the grace of Jesus, forgiveness, and sanctification. Recognizing the importance of nurturing our marriages as a church, we are excited to introduce Refining…
Parables Series Begins Sunday
This Mother’s Day, we invite you to join us for a new sermon series entitled “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Parables of Jesus.” We will begin with a sermon on…
Return to 1 Corinthians Series
Now that we have concluded our brief series on some of the parables of Jesus, we return to our study of 1 Corinthians, where Paul addresses the issue of consuming…
1 Timothy 4:11-16 – The Godward Ministry of a Faithful Servant
(The following is Dr. Carl Trueman’s charge given to the final graduating class of Westminster Theological Seminary in Dallas on May 21, 2012) What are the priorities of preachers and…
1 Timothy 5:1-16 – Honoring God in Our Care for One Another
David Lloyd-George once said, “The true test of a civilization is the way it treats its old people.” A U.S. News & World Report (4/3/81) article uncovered the ugly fact of brutality…
1 Timothy 5:17-25 – Honoring God in Our Care for Elders
First of all, look at the first directive in verses 17-18. This is a direction that Paul gives about the support of the ministry of the church. He says to Timothy that pastor/elders are…
1 Timothy 1:3-11: A Gospel-Saturated Directive
Jaime Owens, in a letter to his congregation at Tremont Temple Baptist Church: “How can we protect sound doctrine? First and foremost, by filling our church with it. God’s truth…
1 Timothy 1:12-17: Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners
A man was filling out a job application when he came to the question “Have you ever been arrested?” He wrote, “No.” The next question, intended for people who had…
1 Timothy 1:18-20: Waging the War of Love
Paul begins his first letter to Timothy with a reminder of his charge to his disciple to safeguard the church from the false teachers that were present in Ephesus, outlining…
1 Timothy 2:1-7: Priority of Prayer in the Mission of God
One day Hudson Taylor was traveling on a Chinese junk from Shanghai to Ningpo. He had been witnessing to a man called Peter who was resisting the message, but was…
1 Timothy 2:8-15: God’s Good Design
Is there any one aspect of human life that has affected every other aspect of human life more than being male or female? While my life is certainly not reducible…
1 Timothy 3:1-7: God’s Good Design for Elders
Now, you may be wondering: why, when there are people who are without Christ, who haven’t heard the gospel, why would we spend an entire message about elders? Well, there are four…
