Category Archives: Apostle Paul

Palmer St. Podcast: God-Given Resources

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Sometimes we feel like David in the Psalms:

“How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?”

The believers in Thessalonica were experiencing severe trials and persecution. Paul, who had first preached Christ to them, had to escape quickly from Thessalonica and continue his ministry elsewhere. But God had not abandoned them. They could rely on the Lord in the midst of their trials and troubles.

1 Thess 3.mp3

1 Thess 3.pdf

Palmer St. Podcast: The Word of God?

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Consider this assertion by Jon Murray, former president of American Atheists:

“There was no such person in the history of the world as Jesus Christ. There was no historical, living, breathing, sentient human being by that name. Ever. [The Bible] is a fictional, nonhistorical narrative.”

The debate can fairly be stated as, “Is the Bible merely the word of the men who wrote it, or is it truly the word of God?”  As it happens this was actually the very question that was faced by the earliest Christians as the gospel message moved out from Jerusalem into the larger Greco-Roman world. It’s the question the Thessalonians faced when they were first visited by Paul.

1 Thess 2.mp3

1 Thess 2.pdf

Palmer St. Podcast: Turning to God from Idols

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Many people in America are Almost Christian. That was the title of a book that came out last year by a Princeton scholar, but the data come from a study a few years back.  The principal American faith, which the scholars have labeled Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, is almost Christian. Almost, but not quite. To know the true and the living God, we have to give up our idols – the false gods that we now believe in.

1 Thess 1.mp3

 1 Thess 1.pdf

Palmer St. Podcast: Living in Light of the Lord’s Return

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The Thessalonian church was born in an environment of persecution. Moreover the faith of the Thessalonian believers was strong, despite having little early instruction. Many of the key passages in 1 & 2 Thessalonians deal with end times events and prophecies such as the Rapture and the Day of the Lord. Paul wanted them to stay focused on the return of Jesus Christ.

1 Thess Intro.mp3

1 Thess Intro.pdf