Book: 1 Timothy

The Bible speaks of Jesus being the head of the church, but what does that mean for local churches? Is there a way in which local churches should be led? If so, are there qualifications for those leaders? The good news is that Jesus has not left us to figure this out on our own.…

In a cultural moment that keeps rewriting the scripts for manhood and womanhood, 1 Timothy 2:8–15 confronts us with God’s good design for men and women in worship—holy hearts, not hidden grudges; real character, not curated appearances. We’ll face one of the New Testament’s most contested passages head‑on by asking which instinct must change: our…

The news is exhausting. The division feels permanent. The leaders you’d pray for are the last people you want to pray for. Paul wrote 1 Timothy while Nero was on the throne. His answer to that political reality wasn’t strategy or self-protection. It was prayer — bold, wide, world-reaching prayer for all people. “The Prescription:…

Deconstruction isn’t a modern invention — Paul saw it coming two thousand years ago and gave the church its prescription. We’re in 1 Timothy 1:18–20, where Paul commissions Timothy to fight the good fight and names two men who didn’t — and the difference between them and Timothy wasn’t intelligence or background, it was whether…

Amazing grace isn’t a spiritual tune‑up for basically good people; it is the rescue of confessed wretches by a Savior who dives into the freezing water to pull us from the wreck. One sentence in 1 Timothy 1:15 — “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” — has turned persecutors into pastors and…

What’s the difference between clean water and contaminated water? Often, you can’t tell until people start getting sick. Paul says the same is true of doctrine — and the stakes are just as real. We’re opening 1 Timothy together to ask: what does a healthy church actually look like, and why does it matter more…