1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 | Paul calls the church to pursue peace through faithful relationships, worship, and trust in God's sanctifying work until Christ returns.

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | Paul teaches that Christ's return is one unified event in which He gathers His people and judges the world, urging believers to live as children of the light who confidently await salvation from God's final wrath rather than fear the coming judgment.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | This passage is interpreted differently by dispensational and reformed traditions, with the former seeing it as a pre-tribulation rapture before Christ's final return and the latter understanding it as the one public, final return of Christ that brings both the resurrection of believers and final judgment.

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1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 | Paul exhorts the Thessalonians to please God by growing in holiness through sexual purity, brotherly love, and quiet, responsible living, demonstrating a life transformed by the Holy Spirit and distinct from the world.

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FEAST (Faithfully Examining and Applying Scripture Together) is a monthly lunchtime Bible study designed to deepen your understanding of Scripture. Each session focuses on exploring the biblical text together, equipping you to study God’s Word more effectively and faithfully in your own time at home.

1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 | Paul explains that his concern for the Thessalonians' perseverance led him to send Timothy to strengthen and encourage their faith so they would stand blameless before Christ at His return.

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1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 | Paul defends the integrity of his ministry by showing that despite suffering, opposition, and accusations he preached as one accountable to God, and the transformed lives of the Thessalonians proved the gospel he proclaimed was genuine.

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1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Paul reassures the Thessalonians that their salvation is genuine by pointing to the Spirit-produced evidence of faith, love, endurance, joy in suffering, and a transformed life that spread the gospel throughout the region.

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The Church on Mission (Acts 1-18) // The mission of Jesus is for his church to teach, to train, to equip and to send, in order to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth.

A study of the New Testament // Michael Crosswhite

The Areopagus (Acts 17:16-34) // Paul’s ministry in Athens confronts human idolatry and philosophy with the truth that the one true Creator now commands all people everywhere to repent through the risen Christ.

A study of the New Testament // Michael Crosswhite