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1 & 2 Thessalonians—The Hope of Salvation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica to encourage them to live in the light of the gospel. In his two letters he addresses a number of topics, including the persecution they were enduring, the second coming of Christ, and how they were to live in the present times. While the letters were written nearly two thousand years ago, Pastor James H. Grant Jr. insists that Paul’s audience includes us...

We are going to examine the central importance of preaching and how the church cannot do without it. By preaching I mean an authoritative proclamation of the Word of God and the acts of God by one called to be a minister. This is the traditional approach to preaching in the history of the church,1 and there is a reason why the church has traditionally accepted this model of preaching. First Thessalonians 2:13 helps us understand why preaching is so crucial and important, and it sheds some light on
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