1 Timothy 5:1-6:2 A church should be an honour culture. That is the theme running through this passage. But we need to understand what that means biblically – because it’s very different to what an honour culture is in other settings.
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Ephesians 2:11-18 Where can we find peace for our world – in our homes, workplaces, communities, between nations? The Bible claims that the central event of the first Good Friday, the death of Jesus on a cross, is the key to peace. But how? And what kind of peace does it bring?
Timothy 4:1-16 Watching the horror of the war in Ukraine on our screens, we are so grateful to live in a country at peace not war. But spiritually we are at war. This is not peace time. Spiritually we are under attack. There is a war on; a battle for truth. This passage tells us how to wage the good warfare.
who we appoint to different roles? It’s just church, after all! But it all depends on what you think the church is. If the church really is the household of God, then nothing matters more.
1 Timothy 2:11-15 The Bible’s complementarian understanding of gender roles in the Christian fellowship, and in marriage and the family, is profoundly counter-cultural and offensive in the modern world. But it is God’s good design, and when understood and lived out rightly, is for our flourishing as men and women.
the workplace, but the Bible insists that we are. God made us equal but different, to complement one another. In this passage we start to explore how that works out on the ground in the Christian fellowship.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 One rule for all. That’s what people want. That’s why there was such anger about No.10 lockdown parties. If there are rules then they should apply equally to everyone. One rule for all is what we want – and that’s what we get with God, whoever we are. There is one God, one mediator, and one message for all.
1 Timothy 1:12-20 What’s so great about the gospel? Why does Paul call it ‘the glorious gospel’? Because through it God mercifully saves sinners, and enlists them in his service. In this passage we get to see what God did for Paul through the gospel, and what he has done, or could do, for each of us.
But even more important is spiritual health, and that concern is central to this letter. Churches and Christians grow spiritually healthy through a diet of sound, health-giving teaching – and by steering well away from spiritual junk food.
Numbers 6:24-26 ‘We wish you a happy and prosperous 2022’ say the cards. But such wishes lack any power, and are nothing more than saying that you hope things work out. By contrast the Aaronic blessing is a powerful prayer which asks God for what we need most in the year ahead.