Tag: thessalonica
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Thessalonians and the Righteous Judgment of God
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians WHY are the Thessalonians so special to Paul that the Apostle would write not…
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Paul’s unfinished encouragement of the Thessalonians
Previously on Paul’s Second Mission The apostles sailed to Macedonia, Greece and Achaia Second major stop THESSILONICA where they proclaim the Gospel to the Jews for THREE WEEKS. THREE WEEKS? Hardly enough time to establish a firm foundation of faith in NEW BELIEVERS! ~A.D. 51 – Paul writes to encourage the Thessalonian Church Certainly Paul…
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Paul’s unfinished business with the Thessalonians – 1
Apostles sent out – Leading through Letters Paul’s THREE missions over ELEVEN years from ~ A.D. 49 to ~ A.D. 57 would have included 10 winters. All of the apostles would have had time to write while onboard ships traveling from one Roman port to another. Furthermore all would have had time to write during…
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Three Weeks in Thessalonica- Acts 17
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Acts of the Apostles 17:1 ESV Luke summarizes an 80-90 mile [~130 km] journey from Philippi by these apostles of Christ in a single verse. ~ A.D. 50 – Philippi to Thessalonica (by land)…
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Persevering the Social Distancing of Virtual Relationship
Letters to a Distanced Church A quick glance at the map reveals many first century churches near the Aegean Sea, a long voyage from Jerusalem. Believers of The Way had to depend on distant leaders to sow and nurture virtual relationships: to each other, to other churches (many in local or nearby homes) and to…
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What’s the DIFFERENCE between Christians & non-Christians?
So as not to reinvent the wheel or simply understate what others have taught previously, I share with you the Christian witness of a wonderful background history of context, culture, and some geography of Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians as HOMEWORK for a Bible Study I will be teaching, God willing, next Sunday, 9:15 a.m.…
