Preacher: Chris Ritter

Big Idea:  How can we use the Law rightly?

1. Fire bad Law-teachers (v. 7)

2. Know why the Law is good (v. 8)

3. Know for whom the Law is laid down (v. 9-10)

4. Connect the Law to the Gospel (v. 11)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: False teachers must be charged to cease and desist because...

1. It’s false (v. 3) 

2. It’s fruitless (v. 4) 

3. It’s faithless (v. 4b) 

4. It’s loveless (vv. 5-6)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: 1 Timothy was written to teach the proper ordering and conduct in the church, to reveal the mystery of Christ in the Gospel most accurately, effectively, and beautifully. 

A church as it should be...

1. Receives God’s design for the church authoritatively 

2. Rallies behind legitimate leadership      

3. Relies on God’s abundant assistance 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: An open-ended conclusion prompts us to evaluate our own compassion.

Where am I like Jonah? Object lessons reveal...

1. Actions inconsistent with my attitude (vv. 5-6)

2. A taste of my own theology (vv. 7-8)

3. A care for plants over people (vv. 9-11)

Preacher: Chris Ritter

Big Idea: Your ability to change is directly tied to understanding, identifying and repenting of your heart idolatry. 

1. Understanding cultural idolatry: The best framework for discerning the times

2. What is an idol?  Anything or anyone that takes the place of God and is worshiped, served, and honored as if it were God

3. Understanding heart idolatry: Idols, idols, everywhere

4. Identifying heart idolatry: Follow the signs of fear, hopelessness, control, chaos, anger, and anxiety

5. Repenting of heart idolatry: Turn, cast down, worship God

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

When you find yourself angry at God, ask...

1. What does my heart want? (v. 1)  

2. What of my old self has re-emerged? (v. 2)   

3. What have I put in God’s place? (v. 3)  

4. What is my justification? (v. 4)   

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: God awakens sinners in an extraordinary way through His ordinary means of grace.

1. Divinely attended preaching (vv. 3b-5a)

2. Divinely enabled repentance (vv. 5b-9)

3. Divinely granted relenting (v. 10)  

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: God’s at work even in our sinful failures to reform reluctant servants unto readiness for Kingdom responsibility.  

1. A new opportunity (grace) (v. 1)

2. A new occupation (obedience) (v. 2)

3. A new orientation (onward) (v. 3a)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: God saves by means of mercy to make us merciful.

1. God’s delivery vehicle magnifies His deliverance (v. 17)

2. God's answer magnifies His sovereign mercy (2:1-9)        

3. God's salvation mobilizes us to go (v. 10)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: God, in His merciful providence, pursues prodigals by means of sovereign storms.   

1. God sends a sovereign storm to...stimulate the spiritual senses (vv. 4-6)    

2. God sends a sovereign storm to...surface the source of sin (vv. 7-10)   

3. God sends a sovereign storm to...show sin’s seriousness (vv. 11-16)