Episodes

  • Find the Truth to Protect Both Elders and Sheep: 1 Timothy 5:19–20

    Find the Truth to Protect Both Elders and Sheep: 1 Timothy 5:19–20
    Feb 25 2025
    When accusations arise, Paul would have churches refuse to let elders be destroyed by liars — and refuse to let lying elders destroy sheep.
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  • Don’t Muzzle Your Grain-Treading Ox-Pastor: 1 Timothy 5:17–18, Part 2

    Don’t Muzzle Your Grain-Treading Ox-Pastor: 1 Timothy 5:17–18, Part 2
    Feb 22 2025
    Paul sees a connection between hardworking pastors and oxen laboring in the field. Both deserve to be rewarded for their work.
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  • Honor Your Pastors by Paying Them Enough: 1 Timothy 5:17–18, Part 1

    Honor Your Pastors by Paying Them Enough: 1 Timothy 5:17–18, Part 1
    Feb 18 2025
    Pastors deserve to be paid for their labor. They spend themselves to edify the flock, so the flock should spend to provide for them.
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  • Compassion and the Christian Work Ethic: 1 Timothy 5:11–16, Part 2

    Compassion and the Christian Work Ethic: 1 Timothy 5:11–16, Part 2
    Feb 15 2025
    The grace of God is not an excuse for laziness. It gives not only pardon for sin but power for Christ-honoring work.
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  • Why Not Enroll Younger Widows? 1 Timothy 5:11–16, Part 1

    Why Not Enroll Younger Widows? 1 Timothy 5:11–16, Part 1
    Feb 11 2025
    When Paul instructs Timothy to care for widows in the church, he tells him not to enroll younger widows in the support network. Why?
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  • An Official Order of Seasoned Widows: 1 Timothy 5:9–10

    An Official Order of Seasoned Widows: 1 Timothy 5:9–10
    Feb 8 2025
    Older women who are seasoned in service, devoted to good works, chaste, courageous, and humble deserve special honor in the church.
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  • The ‘Christian’ Who Is Worse Than an Unbeliever: 1 Timothy 5:3–8, Part 4

    The ‘Christian’ Who Is Worse Than an Unbeliever: 1 Timothy 5:3–8, Part 4
    Feb 4 2025
    When Paul says that professing believers who do not provide for their relatives deny the faith, what does he mean?
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  • True Widows Are Women of Hope and Prayer: 1 Timothy 5:3–8, Part 3

    True Widows Are Women of Hope and Prayer: 1 Timothy 5:3–8, Part 3
    Feb 1 2025
    God shows special care for the most destitute among his people, such as widows without living relatives. How might local churches follow his example?
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