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Guarding and Sharing the Treasure

Dennis McCallum

2 Timothy 1:8-14

Paul exhorts Timothy to the treasure which had been entrusted to him. The treasure is the biblical truths Paul has been teaching him. Paul wants him to teach what the Bible teaches and emphasize what it emphasizes. Every believer has also been entrusted with these treasures. Truths like grace need to be guarded. The best way to guard the truth is to entrust it to many others. This is why discipleship is serious business.

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2 Timothy 1:8-142 Tim 1:8-14 2Tim 1:8-14By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 03/21/2022Paul exhorts Timothy to the treasure which had been e...

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Can Women Be Leaders and Teachers?

James Rochford

1 Timothy 2:1-15

The traditional interpretation of this passage that says women cannot teach or lead in the church has major hermeneutical, empirical and historical problems. In Ephesus there is evidence proto-gnostic heresy was taking hold especially in the women. Women were spreading the myth that Eve actually came first and brought forth Adam. The Greek word for "exercise authority" also can mean "be the originator of" depending upon the context. The context was the creation order! Adam came before Eve. Paul was not forbidding women to teach or lead but he was forbidding them to teach that woman came before man.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By James Rochford Teaching Date: 01/20/2022The traditional interpretation of this passage that sa...

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A Key Passage for Women

Dennis McCallum

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Dennis McCallum explains a problem passage that has historically been poorly interpreted by the church. Paul is not forbidding women to teach or lead but he is forbidding them to spread false doctrine and myths that Eve was created first and gave life to Adam. This is the only passage in the whole Bible that appears to forbid women from teaching and leading but when one does an in depth study of the Greek, one discovers things are not as they first seem. The traditional view of this passage violates multiple hermeneutical rules.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 01/17/2022Dennis McCallum explains a problem passage that has h...

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Can Women Lead or Teach?

Chris Hearty

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Paul addresses some controversy in the church at Ephesus by instructing Timothy to rein in the heresies some women were spreading. The very early seeds of Gnosticism were beginning to take root. Paul was not forbidding women to lead or teach but for the women at that time to stop spreading myths and pagan mystery religions.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By Chris Hearty Teaching Date: 01/17/2022Paul addresses some controversy in the church at Ephesus...

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The Goal of Our Instruction

Dennis McCallum

1 Timothy 1:1-7

As Paul commits the leadership of the church at Ephesus to his young disciple, Timothy, he encourages him to guide the discourse away from meaningless myths and unimportant issues. He reminds him that the marks of good teachings are love, a good conscience and sincere faith.

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1 Timothy 1:1-71 Tim 1:1-7 1Tim 1:1-7By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 01/03/2022As Paul commits the leadership of the church at Ephesus ...

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Raising Our Kids in Community: Priorities and Fears

Liz Sweet

1 Timothy 1:1-7

God's highest priority is love. Secular research even agrees that friendships, forgiveness, and volunteering creates healthier and happier lives. People living in community with others have less stress. People at the end of life often regret not spending more time with loved ones. You will never regret investing in your children, nor teaching them to love. Community is a source of God's love and a provision for us and our children.

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Spiritual Warfare

Conrad Hilario

1 Peter 5:8-9

\r\n\r\nSatan seeks to prevent anyone from hearing the message of Christ. He attacks non-believers by questioning God's goodness, by inciting believers to do things offensive to non-believers and he uses distraction to keep them from ever thinking about their need for salvation. Against believers, he uses temptation, accusation, isolation, discouragement, opposition and deception among other things to keep believers from fulfilling their mission to share the gospel with the lost. Learn to use the truth of God's Word and the power of prayer to resist the devil's efforts to neutralize your effectiveness for God.

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1 Peter 5:8-91 Pet 5:8-9 1Pet 5:8-9By Conrad Hilario Teaching Date: 10/14/2021\r\n\r\nSatan seeks to prevent anyone from hearing the mess...

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The Reasons for Our Hope

Scott Risley

1 Peter 3:14-15

In spite of all the amazing discoveries by cosmologists who explore the deep mysteries of space and time, Christians still have the best answers to explaining reality. Scientists can't explain how life started or if there is there right and wrong or free will. They can't explain love. But Christians have a wealth of reasons to believe in God from evidence of fine-tuning of the universe to predictive prophesy. But our belief is not in reasons but in the person of Jesus who knocks on everyone's door looking for someone to invite Him in to have a relationship that will last for eternity.

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1 Peter 3:14-151 Pet 3:14-15 1Pet 3:14-15By Scott Risley Teaching Date: 09/09/2021In spite of all the amazing discoveries by cosmologists...

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How to Be a Winsome Follower of Jesus

Conrad Hilario

1 Peter 3:8-15

In order to be a witness for God to an ungodly world, Christians are called to possess winsome qualities, to be winsome in what we say and do and give a winsome response to those who ask about our faith. We are called to give an account for the hope that is in us. We have good reason to believe in Jesus because He is true! Even atheistic scientists cannot explain the puzzle of the "Fine Tuning of the Universe."

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1 Peter 3:8-151 Pet 3:8-15 1Pet 3:8-15By Conrad Hilario Teaching Date: 08/30/2021In order to be a witness for God to an ungodly world, Ch...

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