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Fight for Faith! Take Hold of Life! 1 Timothy 6:11–12, Part 2
How do you take hold of eternal life? You have faith in Jesus. You believe in him, hold tight to him, treasure him, and refuse to let him go.
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Christian Life as Fleeing and Pursuing: 1 Timothy 6:11–12, Part 1
The Christian life is one of fleeing and pursuing: flee anything that does not proceed from faith, and pursue what pleases God.
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
How Is the Love of Money the Root of All Evils? 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Part 4
How can Paul say that the love of money is the root of all evils? Because the kind of heart that loves money abandons faith, and anything not of faith is sin.
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Are You Content with Food and Clothing? 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Part 3
Christians can be happy with little — yet we are happy not because we have little but because we have God. He, not minimalism, is our portion.
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Out of the Womb Penniless, Out of the Tomb Penniless: 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Part 2
Those who seek to make godliness a means of monetary gain miss an all-important point: we entered the world with nothing, and we will leave the same way.
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
How Is Godliness Great Gain? 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Part 1
Does being a Christian bring benefit in the present life? Absolutely. Peace, contentment, and joy are some of the weighty gains of godliness.
Published on 9 months ago
The Roots of False Teaching: 1 Timothy 6:3–5
Three primary desires give rise to false teachers: “I want to be well known.” “I want to be preeminent over others.” “I want to amass power by money.”
Published on 9 months ago
Slavery in View of the Whole New Testament: 1 Timothy 6:1–2, Part 3
The New Testament does not abolish the social shell of slavery. But it does transform it so radically that a property-owner relationship becomes unthinkable.
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
How Shall a Christian Slave Relate to a Believing Master? 1 Timothy 6:1–2, Part 2
The gospel did not abolish slavery immediately, but it did radically reform the master-slave relationship by making both brothers.
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
How Slaves Pursue the Salvation of Their Masters: 1 Timothy 6:1–2, Part 1
When Paul addresses Christian slaves, he calls them to obey even unbelieving masters. Why?
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago