by Justin White | January 14, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

What would you say to someone who’s suffering? You’d probably try to encourage them, right? But you’d need to know what they are suffering from. In 2 Thessalonians chapter 1, this church that Paul wrote the letter to was suffering from persecution, probably by the...

by Justin White | January 8, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians to a church that was suffering. They were experiencing some kind of persecution, probably from the city officials. And the picture we get is that they're enduring this suffering miraculously well. Even though these people had just begun...

by Justin White | December 18, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

Do you have 10 minutes free to think about your death? Some of you are like, "I'd love to have 10 free minutes, but even if I did I wouldn't want to spend it thinking about my death!!" We don't think about death too often. It's not all that, well, fun. But that...

by Justin White | December 11, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

You're not in it alone. This life of following Jesus, fighting against sin, and changing to be more like him was never intended to be a solo adventure. Paul highlights that in his letter to a new, young, inexperienced church. Check out 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 1:...

by Justin White | December 3, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

Check out Paul's prayer in 1 Thessalonians 3 verse 12: "And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you." That’s the kind of love that God wants us to have for each other; an increasing and...