Category: 1 & 2 Timothy

Who Do You Love?

I was pulling the last of the dinner rolls out of the oven when the whole lot of them came running. It was 4pm on a Monday, and in between homework and suppertime the smells and their impatient bellies had gotten the best of them. “Can I have a warm

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Spiritual Fitness

I despise exercise. I absolutely dread it. I know how important exercise is for my heart and my muscles. I know how necessary exercise is for effective body function. I know how crucial it is, and yet… I don’t like pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I don’t like

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The Importance Of Our Character And Conduct

When Paul left Timothy as a pastor in the Ephesian church, the young man was forced to deal with some hard issues that had cropped up among the people of God. And even though Paul was planning on visiting soon, his heart was so heavy for the people of this

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An Overseer Above Reproach

It was near the end of our pre-marital counseling sessions and we were pretty sure we were ready to take on the world. I mean, we had Jesus, each other, and the cutest matching placemats and plastic napkin ring holders (sporting true 90’s fashion) that you ever did see. Heh. I’m

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What To Do When The Flood Waters Rise

We live in a time where the news and those on social media like to tell us we only care about our own. Forcing a narrative that we only care about those who look like us, speak like us and live where we live.  However, we are seeing truth emerging

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The Warrior and the Sailor

Have you ever felt worn out while trying to live the Christian life? I have. There are times when doing what is right, going against the flow of culture, and living by faith is downright exhausting. But this is not how it’s supposed to be, and I can see that

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You’re not too far gone…

I cupped his chin into one hand and made him look into my eyes. God still loves you, buddy. He will never, ever stop loving you. This boy of mine has a hard time remembering this. His sin is ever before him – that thorn in his side that has

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Timothy- Meaningless Debates

Every study I try to write a weekly letter to my girls in the notes portion of our #LoveGodGreatly journals. For me, it’s a way of going back over what God taught me in His Word the previous week, as well as an exercise in summarizing what I learned and

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1st & 2nd Timothy Introduction

  Paul, formerly a despiser of Christians, came face to face with Jesus on the road to Damascus and was radically changed. And this change led him to plant churches, go on missionary journeys, and write much of the New Testament. Two of the books he penned were letters written

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