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1 & 2 Thessalonians: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apostle Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians have much to say about how to act as God’s church. Paul tells us that the Thessalonians were a model church for their fellow Christians. Through the exploration of Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians and an analysis of the Thessalonian church, Warren Woolsey gives us a clear picture of how the Thessalonians are an example for us today. Woolsey takes...

purpose(s) from the contents of the letter. In the case of 1 Thessalonians, we may judge that Paul’s purposes included encouragement in continuing persecution (especially 1 Thessalonians 1:1–10; 2:13–16; 3:6–13); response to slanders against Paul’s ministry (2:1–12); rebuke for laxness on sexual morality (4:1–8); relieving concern about deceased Christians in relation to the Second Coming (4:13–18); reassurance concerning the return of Christ (5:1–11); and dealing with several minor problems—working
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