April 23, 2017
1 Timothy 6 1 Timothy 6 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy / Church at Ephesus; Timothy; Doctrine; Teaching; Faith and Order / 1 Timothy 6 Final instructions from Paul to Timothy Introduction Because we deviated from our current study through 1 Timothy for Resurrection Sunday, let’s spend a few minutes reviewing where we… Read More »
April 8, 2017
1 Timothy 5 1 Timothy 5 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy / Church at Ephesus; Church: Leadership; Church: Fellowship and Unity; A Widow; Elders Paul instructing Timothy Introduction Jude 3–4 ESV Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing… Read More »
April 1, 2017
1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 4 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy / Doctrine, Church, Bible, Word of God, Bible, Gifts The job of the Pastor; Good and bad teaching in the church. Introduction: When Paul was first imprisoned by Rome, it was more of a house arrest kind of thing. He lived in… Read More »
March 26, 2017
1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 3 Shawn Bumpers / General Bishop; Elder in the NT; Pastor; Deacon; Church at Ephesus; Ability; Order; Church: Leadership The Book of Acts closes with Paul in prison in Rome. Paul probably arrived there about 59 a.d. Acts 28:30–31 NKJV Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own… Read More »
March 19, 2017
1 Timothy 2 1 Timothy 2 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy 2 / Peace; Behavior; Order; Men; Women Christian behavior inside and outside of the church setting Introduction As we have already noted, Paul wrote this letter to Timothy and the church in Ephesus in order to strengthen the church. They needed to… Read More »
March 11, 2017
1 Timothy 1b 1 Timothy 1b Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy / Doctrine; Disfellowship; Defend; Law; Grace; Mercy; Love; Timothy; Paul Introduction So, last week we didn’t get very far into the text … we got a lot accomplished, but we’ve got about 3/4 of the chapter to go. We’ll try to get… Read More »
March 4, 2017
1 Timothy 1 1 Timothy 1 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Timothy Introduction to 1 Timothy and beginning of chapter 1 Introduction: This first letter to Timothy was not written after 2 Thessalonians, which we just studied. As I have explained before, the order of the books in the New Testament are not arranged… Read More »