A Good Confession (1 Timothy 6:11-21)

INTRODUCTION: As we conclude our consideration of this epistle to Timothy, we will be reminded of the false teaching that would rob us of our inheritance and of the riches of this world which would distract us from it. We will also be reminded, in a wonderful way, of just how glorious that inheritance actually …

The Root of Contentment (1 Tim. 6:1-10)

INTRODUCTION: We have contrasted the difference between reformation and revolution. When we are confronted with great social evils, the revolutionary response is to attack the evils in such a way as to multiple the evils, and sorrows along with them. Reformation approaches the whole thing with a different heart and a different spirit. THE TEXT: …

False Brothers

In the Christian faith, particular events, schedules, persons and conversations matter. They matter because we are talking about God’s intervention in history. The gospel is not a detached and abstracted affair—a set of timeless truths in the heavenlies. Particularity matters a great deal. Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, …

Guarding Against Error (1 Tim. 4:1-16)

INTRODUCTION: Just as Adam was assigned the task of protecting and guarding his wife in the Garden, so the minister is assigned the task of guarding the congregation of God against error. There is always a need for it. THE TEXT: “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from …