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Checklist for Choosing Church Leaders

Date: 
May 18-19, 2015
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Scripture: 
1 Timothy 3:1-7
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God doesn’t always spell things out in such stark “thou shalt” terms. When we get to the epistle of 1 Timothy, however, we discover virtually a whole chapter devoted to a black-and-white list requiring little interpretation but a lot of application. In 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Paul puts his finger on the essential qualities God is looking for in pastors and elders. Qualities applicable for church leaders in the 21st century as they were in the first century.

What about Women in the Church?

Date: 
May 14-15, 2015
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Scripture: 
1 Timothy 2:9-15
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The role of women in the church is a hot issue, best handled with sensitivity and compassion—and maybe a pair of asbestos gloves! This is not because Scripture is controversial but because the role of women in the culture is different from what Scripture teaches about the role of women in the church. So, questions rise like steam from a boiling kettle.

God's Desire, Man's Debt, Christ's Payment

Date: 
May 11-13, 2015
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Scripture: 
1 Timothy 2:3-7
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In the workaday world of daily life, it’s simple to overlook the significance of the Gospel. Paul, of course, never did, and in this section of 1 Timothy—in one of the most practical and clearest presentations of the Gospel in the New Testament—he challenges us to open our eyes and our hearts, once again, to its wonder.

Undeserved Mercy for an Unbelieving Rabbi

Date: 
May 5-6, 2015
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Scripture: 
1 Timothy 1:12-17
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In this brief vignette, we read of Paul—called Saul—before his conversion to Christ. Saul was “a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor” who, by his own admission, “acted ignorantly in unbelief” (1 Timothy 1:13). Ironically, Saul was a religious zealot, an intense rabbi, sincere to the core…but sincerely wrong. And so? Mercy in the form of Jesus Christ came to the rescue!

The Church as God Planned It

Date: 
April 27-29, 2015
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Scripture: 
1 Timothy 1:1-6, 18-20, 2:1-8, 3:1-13, 4:11-16
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Over the centuries, tradition has often outshouted biblical principles and caused the church to get off course, which has resulted in every conceivable extreme in teaching and doctrine, including heresy. In this expositional study of 1 Timothy, we return to the source—the Bible—and discover afresh how God planned the church to function.

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