In this chapter of Paul's letter, he addresses his concern for the church and recalls the encouraging report that he received on their behalf from Timothy.

As Paul continues on in his letter to the church of the Thessalonians, he encourages them to keep living a life that is worthy of God and to keep imitating the example of God in which they are. Pastor Jon gives three scopes to view this passage through:

-the stewardship of our lives

-living worthy of the calling

-the church

The apostle Paul writes this collection of letters to the church in Thessalonica, encouraging them for the way that they responded to the message of the gospel, despite the hostile culture they existed in. In this chapter, we see three ways that the gospel changes our lives: it changes our example, our devotion, and it gives us a confident hope in Jesus

It's hard to be in this together if we aren't actually together. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, speaks to the people of Corinth about how we are to be united as a body of Christ

A simple act or word of encouragement can go a long way. As Christians, how can we come alongside and encourage those who are experiencing some degree of pain and suffering? Even more, how can we find unity with those who think and believe differently than us?

Life can be complicated. We can trivialize everything or exaggerate everything, and it can create an extreme lack of clarity and can drift us far away from the basics. Just like life, do we complicate the gospel? Is heaven only for a specific denomination or group of people? Jon Opgenorth, president of Words of Hope, recenters us into recognizing that the gospel might not be as complicated as we think it is

When this life on earth ends, what happens next? Do we enter into an eternal sleep, or is there something more? We conclude our worship series, Clarity, on this topic, reading from 1 Corinthians 15