2 Timothy

“But understand this”, that is how our reading in 2 Timothy 3 starts; Paul’s thoughts flow on from the previous chapter. Chapter 3 is familiar to most as a chapter often used at talks about “the last days” …

The final letter of the Apostle Paul was his second letter to Timothy. His opening verses after his usual greeting is to write of Timothy’s faith. Note how he expresses it …

In our Ecclesiastes reading today a verse occurs which has caused much discussion, “Again I saw that under the sun” writes Solomon …

There is an attitude among some who claim to follow Christ that they are already certain of being rewarded by God because they have accepted Christ …

Zerubbabel is the “governor of Judah” at the time Haggai uttered his prophecy, the prophet is contemporary to Ezra and Nehemiah and there are dozens of references to him …

Today we completed reading Paul’s letters to Timothy whom he calls “my true child in the faith (1 Timothy 1:2). Paul writes in a most passionate way ...

Today we completed reading the book of Nehemiah. For some reason (13:6) the Persian King had caused Nehemiah to leave Jerusalem. This happened ...

We started reading Paul’s final letter today; “the time of my departure” from this life “has come’ (4:6) he tells Timothy. Since his dramatic conversion his life ...

What a challenging set of readings we have today, powerful lessons as to the wise way to live before God can be drawn from all three of them ...

How thought challenging is the letter to the Hebrews; the above quotation particularly challenged us this morning! Paul (?) is telling his Hebrew readers, with their upbringing in ‘knowing’ God’s word that “by this time you ought to be teachers” …