Expositional Excerpts

Today, we start discussing the background to the book of Revelation. Namely, the authorship, location and circumstance of writing. And we start in on the various views of interpreting the book, only beginning with the Preterist view.

Today, we continue our introduction of this book by discussing 1) The Subject and Contents of Revelation.

In today's episode, we pick up where we left the previous episode and give a broad overarching view of some of the things that the book covers, arguing that there will indeed be a last generation on this present earth someday. And, for that generation, they have hope that they won't experience the outpouring of God's wrath on the world, and they should also be extremely motivated to de...

Today we begin to introduce the book of Revelation by examining a brief history of the world in the past and present.

1 Timothy 6:20-21 covers "Charges to the Christian, Pt. 5" where Timothy is encourage to "Stay the Course." Having established that the entire epistle is working with the idea that Doctrine is Important , we are examining what that looks like. In 1 Tim. 6:20a we learned that 1) The believer must recognize the value of the Gospel. Then, in 1 Tim. 6:20b we learn that 2) The belie...

1 Timothy 6:20-21 covers "Charges to the Christian, Pt. 5" where Timothy is encourage to "Stay the Course." Having established that the entire epistle is working with the idea that Doctrine is Important , we are examining what that looks like. In 1 Tim. 6:20a we learned that 1) The believer must recognize the value of the Gospel. Now, in 1 Tim. 6:20b we learn that 2) The believ...

1 Timothy 6:20-21 covers "Charges to the Christian, Pt. 5" where Timothy is encourage to "Stay the Course." Having established that the entire epistle is working with the idea that Doctrine is Important , we now begin to examine what that looks like. In 1 Tim. 6:20a we learn that 1) The believer must recognize the value of the Gospel.

This episode will serve as the introduction to 6:20-21 where we set up the final two verses by discussion the overarching theme of 1 Timothy that DOCTRINE IS IMPORTANT ! Is it really important? Yes, and I hope that we will have established that premise through this episode.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 comprises the forth installment of "Charges to the Christian." Here we are looking at "The Charge to the Wealthy." We are governed here by the idea that We ought to think Biblically about riches in this world! In v. 17 we learned that 1) Believers who are presently rich may face unique temptations that others don't face. Now, in v. 18 we see that 2) Believ...

1 Timothy 6:17-19 comprises the forth installment of "Charges to the Christian." Here we are looking at "The Charge to the Wealthy." We are governed here by the idea that We ought to think Biblically about riches in this world! In v. 17 we learn that 1) Believers who are presently rich may face unique temptations that others don't face.

1 Timothy 6:15b-16 covers the third part of "Charges to the Christian" with the subtitle here of "Christ, Before Whom We Are Charged." In this passage we are working with the idea that Our view of God should motivate us to keep the charge ! In v. 15b we learned that 1) God is the perfect ruler. In this portion of the verse we saw four different aspects of his rule. Now, in v. 1...

1 Timothy 6:15b-16 covers the third part of "Charges to the Christian" with the subtitle here of "Christ, Before Whom We Are Charged." In this passage we are working with the idea that Our view of God should motivate us to keep the charge ! In v. 15b we learn that 1) God is the perfect ruler. In this portion of the verse we see four different aspects of his rule.

1 Timothy 6:13-15a covers the second installment of "Charges to the Christian." We see that 1) The Believer has been charged. Then, we see that 2) The Charge is qualified. Thirdly, 3) The Charge is articulated. And finally, 4) The Charge has a target.

Today, we continue discussing "Charges to the Christian, Part 1" in 1 Tim. 6:11-12. In v. 11a we learned that 1) The Godly must live differently than the wicked. Then, in v. 11b we saw that 2) Believers have targets on which to expend their energy. Now we see in v. 12a that 3) Believers must remember that they are in a spiritual battle. And finally, in v. 12b, 4) Believers must live thei...

Today, we begin discussing "Charges to the Christian, Part 1" in 1 Tim. 6:11-12. In v. 11a we learn that 1) The Godly must live differently than the wicked. Then, in v. 11b we see that 2) Believers have targets on which to expend their energy.

Today, we continue this section that goes from 6:5b-10 which is addressing the subject of "Profiteering Preachers." We are still working with the proposition that  we need to think rightly about false teachers . We have already seen 1) The Character of the Content of the false teaching in 6:3 2) The character of the false teacher in vv. 4-5a Now, we are looking at 3) The Motivation of th...

Today, we continue this section that goes from 6:5b-10 which is addressing the subject of "Profiteering Preachers." We are still working with the proposition that  we need to think rightly about false teachers . We have already seen 1) The Character of the Content of the false teaching in 6:3 2) The character of the false teacher in vv. 4-5a Now, we are looking at 3) The Motivation of th...

Today, we start a new section that goes from 6:5b-10 and is addressing the subject of "Profiteering Preachers." We are still working with the proposition that we need to think rightly about false teachers . We have already seen 1) The Character of the Content of the false teaching in 6:3 2) The character of the false teacher in vv. 4-5a And now, we begin to look at 3) The Motivation of t...

1 Timothy 6:3-5a comprises a section on "The Implications of Preaching a False Gospel." We discover that there are two components that we see in this passage that help us as we work with the idea that  We must think rightly about false teachers! In v. 3 we noted that 1) There is the Character of the Content.  Now, we continue the discussion on 2) The character of the false teacher.  In t...

1 Timothy 6:3-5a comprises a section on "The Implications of Preaching a False Gospel." We discover that there are two components that we see in this passage that help us as we work with the idea that  We must think rightly about false teachers! In v. 3 we noted that 1) There is the Character of the Content.  Now, we begin a discussion on 2) The character of the false teacher. In the fir...

1 Timothy 6:3-5a comprises a section on "The Implications of Preaching a False Gospel." We discover that there are two components that we see in this passage that help us as we work with the idea that We must think rightly about false teachers! In v. 3 we note that 1) There is the Character of the Content.

We continue our discussion of 1 Timothy 6:1-2 where we are being governed by the idea that  As followers of Christ, we must understand that the Gospel is at stake in every circumstance of our lives! In v. 1 we learned that 1) Believers must be driven by their theology when faced with an unjust situation. In v. 2a we see that 2) Believers must resist a sense of entitlement based on their position i...

Today, we begin a discussion of 1 Timothy 6:1-2 where we are being governed by the idea that As followers of Christ, we must understand that the Gospel is at stake in every circumstance of our lives! In v. 1 we learn that 1) Believers must be driven by their theology when faced with an unjust situation.

1 Timothy 5:22-25 comprises part 5 of "Conduct in the Church" and we're looking specifically at the conduct of the elder in this section. We slightly modified the proposition for this section so that we are governed by the idea that  There is room for extra caution when considering someone to a position of leadership in the church .  In v. 22 we learned that 1) Three imperatives guid...

1 Timothy 5:22-25 comprises part 5 of "Conduct in the Church" and we're looking specifically at the conduct of the elder in this section. We slightly modified the proposition for this section so that we are governed by the idea that  There is room for extra caution when considering someone to a position of leadership in the church .  In v. 22 we learned that 1) Three imperatives guid...