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Before the Apostle Paul wrote Romans or Ephesians, he sent a pair of letters to a new church in Thessalonica. Three concerns governed these letters: What makes a healthy church? How should we view God’s Word? What does the ideal Christian life look like? Richard D. Phillips considers Paul’s foundational emphases in a scholarly, pastoral, and practical manner. He also explores Paul’s end-times...

For this is the will of God, your sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:3) The famous first question and answer of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks, “What is the chief end of man?” and answers, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.” It is seldom appreciated that the point of the second part of that answer—“to enjoy him for ever”—pertains to sanctification. To better access the original intent, we might say that our chief
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