We were created to love God and others, but our sinful nature leads us to love ourselves more than God or our neighbor. Moreover, it sets us against what God has revealed to be true.

We learned that misplaced love results in opposition to the truth.

Paul will warn Timothy about those who argue over words and teach error, rather than rightly handling the Word of truth. Our desire is to faithfully serve God and others. We do that when we refuse to participate in unprofitable debate, and instead...

Paul knew it would be hard for Timothy to continue the work of discipleship, especially since he was unlikely to see him again. He knew he would need something firm to stand on - and nothing is firmer than the promises of God.

Similarly, we need...

The only avenue to true sonship is the one that the prodigal takes: repentance and faith. If we rely upon our own righteousness, we cut ourselves off from the family of God.

We all long for answers and solutions to our deepest problems. The sad reality is that we consistently look to human government - politicians, political parties, and policies - to solve the problems that cannot be solved in those ways. We cannot...

This week we'll be covering 1 Timothy 6:17-21 in a sermon called, "Store Up Treasure in Heaven." It is our final sermon in 1 Timothy before we turn our attention to Christmas for the next two weeks.

At the end of the letter, Paul...

Last week, Beau preached on the previous 10 verses where Paul called out the false teachers, who loved quarreling and monetary gain. We learned how true teaching leads to godly contentment.

This week, we'll be reminded that Christianity is not...

This week we learned that sound teaching from Scripture that leads to godliness and contentment is in stark contrast to false teaching for sordid gain that leads to ruin and destruction.