Timothy was commissioned by Paul with the weighty responsibility of heading up the church in Ephesus. Paul now shares some personal insights with his young friend. In this chapter he’ll explain a few things that make both a healthy minister and a healthy ministry.
Whatever happened to the truth?
A spiritual battle for the truth is what we should expect in the last days.
Sunday was the installation service for Pastor Mark Radke at the nearby Garfield Park United Church of Christ. Mark is a good friend and partner in ministry in our area of Indianapolis. He was kind enough to ask me to speak for the occasion.
The Apostle Paul is seriously upset. Churches in the Roman province of Galatia that he had worked very hard and even risked his life to plant were now falling for a false gospel – one that required them to keep Jewish customs and rituals. He is writing to them to set the record straight. They need to stick to the truth of the gospel and not let anything, not even these seemingly biblical elements, cause them to depart from it, add to it, or modify it in any way.
Central Reflections 