by Eric Spivey | Aug 17, 2018 | 1 Thessalonians, Discussion Guides
1 Thessalonians – Week 3 For background on 1 Thessalonians, check out the Series Intro. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Intro We’re skipping over chapter 3 and going ahead to 4:9-12. There’s plenty to dig into in chapter 3, but most of it is a personal report between Timothy,...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 17, 2018 | 1 Thessalonians, Discussion Guides
1 Thessalonians – Week 2 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Intro It’s really cool when you can see the history of the early church embedded in the epistles of the New Testament. At the start of 1 Thessalonians 2, when Paul talks about being “shamefully treated at...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 17, 2018 | 1 Thessalonians, Discussion Guides
1 Thessalonians – Week 1 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Intro This week we’ll be looking at the entire first chapter of 1 Thessalonians. Since it’s the start of a letter you’ll notice a lot of introductory language; Paul starts by mentioning his recent visit to...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 17, 2018 | 1 Thessalonians, Discussion Guides
1 Thessalonians Series Intro We’re in the second half of Advance 2018, and this fall we’re diving deep into 1 Thessalonians. You might be surprised to hear it, but first century Thessalonica was a lot like the cities that make up the Triangle. It was inhabited by the...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 10, 2018 | Advance 2018, Discussion Guides
Intro This week we’ll be looking a moment of worship. In 2 Chronicles 6 we find Solomon kneeling on a bronze platform, hands outstretched, dedicating the newly finished Temple to God through prayer. We’ll stay pretty close to the passage this week, so you...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 5, 2018 | 10, Discussion Guides
Intro The events of Nehemiah happened after Israel had been exiled to Babylon and Persia for over a century. Waves of resettlers had returned to Jerusalem prior to Nehemiah’s expedition, rebuilding the temple and moving into the city, but these resetllers were met...
