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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...

many people in that culture saw this behavior as normal. In fact, some religious practices of the Greco-Roman world encouraged this type of behavior. Called cultic prostitution, temple prostitution, and religious prostitution, it is the practice of having sexual intercourse for a religious or sacred purpose. In Thessalonica, the cult of Cabiri of Samothrace sanctioned sexual relationships that would be considered sinful practices for Christians.8 Converts to Christianity in Thessalonica would have
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