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I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dr. Larson reminds us how important and rich these letters are for us today. In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he praised them for their faith and laid down basic theology about how to live a righteous life in the midst of a decaying culture. In his second letter to them, he again encouraged them in the faith and reminded them that their suffering was not in vain, that they would see...

The church is challenged to announce and model the good news for everyone. The rest of the paragraph shows that the Thessalonians were doing this. SUPPORTING IDEA: The church works most effectively when it follows the “imitation model” and the “reputation model,” as the Thessalonian church demonstrated. 1:6. Jesus showed Paul how to live, and even personally instructed him (Gal. 1:12). Paul lived, led, and taught by the example
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