Passage: 1 Timothy 5:3-16 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Care For Widows             Our passion for God can be seen in our action for the marginalized. In the ancient world, widows were particularly marginalized since the identity of women was embedded in their husband and family. Widows were therefore vulnerable and without basic

Passage: 1 Timothy 4:11-5:2 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Character Of Teachers             Do you ever doubt yourself? I do. When you think about our task as “the church of the living God” to be “a pillar and buttress of the truth,” we probably should feel inadequate to that task! The danger of

Passage: 1 Timothy 4:6-10 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Character Of A Good Servant             What makes life worth living? Most luxuries and entertainments promise that they’ll make us happier, give us pleasure, or make us more comfortable. But fleeting pleasure is not the same as satisfaction, and comfort is no substitute for

Passage: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Truth Over Spin Character Of The Church             We often despise the mundane work of life. When I feel myself despising the mundane work of paperwork, dishes, garbage, child-rearing, and cleaning, I think of the apostle John. After Jesus ascended into heaven, the other disciples traveled the

Passage: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Truth Over Spin Character Of The Church             We often despise the mundane work of life. When I feel myself despising the mundane work of paperwork, dishes, garbage, child-rearing, and cleaning, I think of the apostle John. After Jesus ascended into heaven, the other disciples traveled the

Passage: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Character Of Leaders             What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you want to be a doctor or police officer, a writer or an artist, a mom or dad, teacher or a musician? Our jobs or vocations don’t always line

Passage: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Prayer-Formed Relationships             A good coach helps an athlete overcomes challenges to accomplish their goals. God’s purpose is that, “ˆFor from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will

Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Prayer-Formed Salvation             Sometimes we become so heavenly minded that we are of little earthly good. This was the problem in Ephesus as people were devoted to myths and endless genealogies (1 Tim 1:4). How do we break out of such a myopic focus?

Passage: 1 Timothy 1:12-20 Speaker: Steve Hands Series: Truth Over Spin Grace-Formed Fight             How do you fight when you feel so feeble? When problems seem so big, we often feel small. Ephesians was a large, wealthy, thriving city in the Roman Empire that had rioted in opposition to Christianity. How could a young leader