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From worship and prayer to family and the use of money, the book of 1 Timothy is full of implications for life in the local church. But beyond these practical truths for all believers, Ryken writes, “Paul’s purpose in 1 Timothy is to help his spiritual sons remain true.” Thus the book has special application to those in Gospel ministry. These truths that helped Timothy in his day are just as...

Praying is the most important thing God’s people do. That is why, having charged Timothy to defend the faith, the apostle Paul gives intercession top priority in public worship: “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people” (1 Tim. 2:1; cf. Phil. 4:6). Scholars have long tried to distinguish among these different kinds of prayer. Writing sometime in the third century, Origen made them the basis for the classic analysis
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