I suppose when a man knows he is going to die, a lot of things come into focus. Things start taking on more realistic value. Money, possessions, and property all diminish sharply when you know …
Christian Origins #74 - 1 Timothy
What happened to old people in this country before Social Security? Did a lot of them starve to death? Did they get sick and die alone with no one to look after them? I ask …
Christian Origins #73 - 1 Timothy
Do you suppose it is possible that you could be deceived? Religiously, I mean. The answer ought to be evident, because every one of us has been snookered at one time or another. We have …
Christian Origins #72 - 1 Timothy
Do you think that ministers should be better than the ordinary Christian? Is there a set of higher requirements for ministers than for others? Like a lot of other questions arising from the Bible the …
Christian Origins #71 - 1 Timothy
There is a dirty little secret about religion that I want to air out with you. It has dogged the steps of every kind of organized religion for 2,000 years. It is especially relevant now …
The Life & Teachings of Paul #37 - 2 Timothy
Finally we come to Second Timothy. Paul is now an old man—one who had been over a lot of roads, been to a lot of places. He had been imprisoned, beaten, shipwrecked. Paul may not …
The Life & Teachings of Paul #35 - 1 Timothy
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to …
The Life & Teachings of Paul #34 - 1 Timothy
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to …